Sossina M. Haile

Sossina M. Haile (Ge'ez: ሶስና ሃይሌ, born July 28, 1966) is an Ethiopian-American chemist, known for developing the first solid acid fuel cells. She is a professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University, Illinois, US. Quotes There was a communist revolution in 1974 and we were lucky enough to be able to flee the country. I was almost 10 when my sisters and I got out – our parents had left about seven months earlier because soldiers came to our house to try and arrest my father. They shot my dad that night. I definitely considered different career paths. As I kid, I knew that I liked math and science, and that was fun. But I also liked art and writing, as well as architecture and photography. I was kind of a student activist too, so was contemplating something in the government. It was a hard decision, but mostly I really enjoyed science and was good at it, so that’s what I chose. Statistically speaking, I am certain I have suffered from discrimination through my career. I’ve seen plenty of studies showing that men are awarded more research grants than women, that men are promoted more quickly than women and that men have higher salaries than women. I don’t think that I’m outside of the norm. And if we don’t believe that women are less capable, on average, than men, then by definition, I have been discriminated against. External links Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni Category:California Institute of Technology faculty Category:Chemists from Ethiopia Category:Women engineers from the United States Category:Women academics from the United States Category:1966 births Category:Women born in the 1960s Category:Living people Category:Women scientists from Ethiopia