Welsh women scientists

Merryl Wyn Davies (23 June 1949 – 1 February 2021) was a Welsh Muslim scholar, writer and broadcaster who specialised in Islam, and the co-author of books and articles with Ziauddin Sardar. An exponent of Islamic anthropology, she was director of the Muslim Institute, London.

Dame Jean Olwen Thomas, DBE FRS FMedSci MAE FLSW (born 1 October 1942) is a Welsh biochemist, former Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and Chancellor of Swansea University.

Mary Eleanor Gillham MBE (26 November 1921 – 23 March 2013) was a British naturalist, university lecturer, and writer, who was resident for many years in Gwaelod y Garth and then Radyr, in Cardiff, Wales until her death.

Amy Brown is a Welsh psychologist. She is a Professor of Child Public Health at Swansea University who specialises in maternal and child health, particularly nutrition. She campaigns to bring about better support for women who want to breastfeed and to improve the UK public's attitude towards breastfeeding in public.

Caroline "Carrie" Helen Lear is a Professor of Earth Science and the Head of the Changing Earth and Oceans Research Group at Cardiff University. She was awarded 2017 the Geological Society of London Bigsby Medal. She is the founding chair of the Changing Earth and Oceans Research Group and an editor of the journal Geology.

Rachel Claire Evans FRSC FIMMM is a Welsh chemist based at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. She works on photoactive polymer-hybrid materials for solar devices, including organic photovoltaics and stimuli-responsive membranes.

Ruth Eleanor van Heyningen (née Treverton; 26 October 1917 – 24 October 2019) was a British biochemist, recognized for her research on the biochemistry of the lens and of cataracts.

Henrietta (Hettie) Langdale Bussell (19 February 1917 - December 1996) was Britain's first female railway engineer. She served as the president of the Women's Engineering Society from 1976-1977.

Liz Howe (27 October 1959 - 31 March 2019) was a British ecologist and herpetologist. She is best known as one of the coordinators of a comprehensive field survey of the natural habitats of Wales, published in 2010.

Lady Caroline Catharine or Catherine Wilkinson (1822-1881, née Lucas) was a Welsh botanist and author of Weeds And Wild Flowers: Their Uses, Legends, And Literature (1858). She was married to Egyptologist John Gardner Wilkinson. Her husband was knighted in 1839. As the wife of a knight, she was entitled to the customary title of Lady.