Jedidah C. Isler

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Black

Norfolk State University B.S. Physics; Fisk University M.A. Physics; Yale University M.S. Physics & Ph.D.Astrophysics 2014

""So there are plates everywhere," she recalls. "And all of a sudden, [a white male student] in my class hands me a pile of his dirty plates...and says, 'Here, now go and do what you're really here to do.'"["

— Jedidah C. Isler

Field of Study: Astrophysics

Institution/Corporation: Vanderbilt University; Syracuse University; Dartmouth College

Degrees & Memberships: Member: TED Fellow (2015); TED Senior Fellow (2017); White House Office of Science

Awards: Kavli Foundation Fellowship 2016; Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship 2012;

Achievements: 1st African-American female to obtain a PhD in Astrophysics from Yale University