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The work of Professor Thema Monroe-White provides the strongest evidence yet that a scientist’s background influences the research they pursue and the technology they build.

September this year saw Professor Bernadine Idowu’s illustrious career rocket to new heights by her recognition as newly minted Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of West London. What’s special about her appointment is that this makes her only the 73rd black female professor in the UK. 

For Black History Month, Ankita Anirban shares how Earl Shaw combined his research in laser physics whilst advocating for the rights of Black researchers and inspiring future generations of scientists.

Gloria Charite and Marcela Alves Lopes are at different stages of their research careers at Oxford. As part of Black History Month, Morgan Mitchell explores their unique paths into academic research, barriers they've faced, and how their backgrounds have shaped their experiences.

To celebrate Black History Month, Dr Yemisi Bokinni takes us on a journey to uncover the scientific roots of plants in modern medicine through the work of Dr Damian Cohall, a researcher exploring how heritage informs nature’s potential to tackle our most pressing health challenges. 

To honour Black History Month the Royal Society met with Dr Mark Richards to hear why he believes the Career Development Fellowships supporting underrepresented groups will catalyse researcher career progression.

In our fourth and final article linked to Black History Month 2022, Rebecca Martin discusses how historians can expand their research practices to include a wider range of historically excluded voices.

In the third of our series of articles celebrating Black History Month 2022, Diana Davis looks at the life of South African veterinarian Dr Jotello Soga, highlighting his important work in combatting rinderpest, an infectious viral disease of cattle.

Continuing our series of articles celebrating Black History Month 2022, Suryakanthie Chetty tells the story of the first indigenous western-educated medical doctor in South Africa.

In the first of a series of articles to celebrate Black History Month 2022, Keith Moore finds links between a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Rosetta Stone, and the life of a remarkable French general.

Dr Carolyn Roberts of Yale University, currently writing her first book 'To heal and to harm: medicine, knowledge, and power in the British slave trade', discusses some key documents in the Royal Society's archives.

In a guest article for Black History Month, Sir Geoff Palmer talks about his distinguished career as a grain scientist, and his recent work on the history of slavery and colonialism.