Science & Technology
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Paul Butler Astronomer As a young SF State astronomy student, he and astronomer Geoff Marcy helped start a new space race by becoming the first to discover planets outside our solar system. In 2003 he was named "Space Scientist of the Year" by Discover Magazine. |
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Yvonne Cagle Astronaut SF State was the launch pad for this biochemistry major, now a medical doctor and NASA astronaut assigned to the Johnson Space Center’s Space and Life Sciences Directorate. More... |
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Debra
Fischer Planet hunter/professor Part of a planet-searching team formed at SF State in 1983, she has helped locate the majority of the 130-plus known planets beyond our solar system, including three she found as a student studying under Professor Geoff Marcy. |
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Kenneth
Fong Scientist He chopped vegetables to pay his way through SF State and stayed on the cutting edge as the founder of Clontech Laboratories Inc., which makes tools for gene mapping and genetic engineering. More... |
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Eric Kelly Technology CEO The CEO of San Diego-based Overland Storage, he was named one of the 50 Most Important African Americans in Technology by Black Money and U.S. Black Engineer magazines. |
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Stan Mazor Microprocessor inventor Then working at a little company called Intel, this mathematics major and three colleagues set off the computer revolution in 1971 when they invented the first microprocessor. More... |
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Bob Pasker High-tech developer As a history major, he studied the past, but he had his eyes on the future as the chief architect of the market-dominant WebLogic Application Server, now part of BEA Systems. |
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David Walden Internet pioneer Part of a team that developed ARPANET, the precursor of the Internet, this math major spent much of his time at SF State playing bridge and hanging out at the computer center. |
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Lisa White Geoscientist/SF State professor Lisa White thought she was going be a photographer when she enrolled at SF State as an undergraduate. Then she took her first geology class. Now this paleontologist supports her hobby by taking pictures in the field. |
