SCIENCE SPECTRUM TRAILBLAZERS
TOP MINORITIES IN
RESEARCH SCIENCE
T
hese trailblazing leaders are some of the brightest minds in the field of science. They all have outstanding accomplishments and achievements in research centers, national laboratories, government, industry, business and academia, furthering developments in media, healthcare, space exploration, information technology processes and national security.
Clara P. Adams Research Associate, Department of Chemistry
Western Michigan University
Clara Adams has made significant contributions in the area of nanoscale science. Her work has resulted in the production of sensors that detect environmental contaminants including peroxides, pesticides, and microbial pathogens. These sensors are novel in that they are applicable to healthcare and national food security. Her work has been published in scientific jour- nals and in books. Adams has also made significant contribu- tions to educating African- American students in science and technology. She is president of the local chapter of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chem- ists and Chemical Engineers. Through her leadership, Adams has provided several educational opportunities for teachers and students. For her work, she earned an Excellence in Teaching Award at Western Michigan University in 2012.
Bouchra Bouqata Lead Scientist
General Electric’s Global Research Center Dr. Bouchra Bouqata is a lead scientist at General Electric’s
Global Research Center, where she has been heading GE’s ef- forts in artificial general intelligence and general autonomous intelligent systems with emphasis on human-brain inspired gen- eral learning, perception from real environment sensory inputs, general problem solving, reasoning, memory and language. Her work focuses on developing intelligent distributed decision- making systems at the individual and collective levels of mobile entity networks with high impact on GE businesses, such as mobile asset management, healthcare, and energy. Her primary research interests are crowd sourcing, social networks, AGI, and distributed intelligent systems. She has received several fellow- ships and awards including an American Association of Univer- sity Women fellowship. Bouqata is co-leading the Women And Technology group for GE’s Women’s Network Schenectady hub and is an active member of the New York Society of Women Engineers.
Anthony Canelo Intern
RCM Technologies, Inc.
An intern with RCM Technologies, Inc. Anthony Canelo also attends the Bronx Community College/City University of
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