Mareena Katherine Robinson Snowden is the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Education

Snowden enrolled at Florida A&M University as a business major.[2]

In Spring 2011, Snowden was graduated from Florida A&M University as Mareena Robinson, with a B.S. Degree in Physics.[3]

In 2017, Snowden was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Ph.D., nuclear science and engineering, as Mareena K. Robinson-Snowden,[4] 30 years old,[5] becoming the first self-identified[6] American black woman to graduate with a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the MIT,[2][1] walking across the commencement stage on 8 June 2018, after 11 years of post-secondary study.[5] .

Career

Snowden worked as a National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellow in the Office of Nuclear Energy at the US Department of Energy before serving as a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.[7][8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 Connley, Courtney (2018-07-20). "30-year-old Mareena Robinson Snowden is the first black woman to earn a PhD in nuclear engineering from MIT". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  2. 1 2 Morell, Nicole (12 October 2018). "Alumna Pushes Boundaries in PhD Pursuit". MIT Alumni Association. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Appendix A4.4.10 Physics" (PDF). response to governor Rick Scott. Tallahassee, Florida: Strategic Planning, Analysis, & Institutional Effectiveness, Florida A&M University. November 9, 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2023. B.S. Degree Program in Physics College of Arts and Sciences Number of M.S. Graduated...Mareena Robinson Spring 2011 Female Black
  4. ↑ "MIT PhDs, 2018". Black History MIT .edu. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  5. 1 2 Connley, Courtney (20 July 2018). "30-year-old Mareena Robinson Snowden is the first black woman to earn a PhD in nuclear engineering from MIT". CNBC. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Self-identified ethnicity and racial identity were first recorded as part of MIT student records in 1980
  7. ↑ "Millennial to Watch: Mareena Robinson Snowden". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-21. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ↑ "MIT NSE: Spotlight: 2019: Mareena Robinson Snowden: Plotting new paths to a nuclear "yes"". MIT. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  9. ↑ "Plotting new paths to a nuclear "yes"". MIT News. Retrieved 2021-09-21.


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