Science and Technology

SF State Science and Technology Gator Great Paul Butler

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.

SF State Science and Technology Gator Great Yvonne Cagle

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.

SF State Science and Technology Gator Great Debra Fischer

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.

SF State Science and Technology Gator Great Kenneth Fong

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.

Read more at: http://www.sfsu.edu/~science/newsletters/fall1998/kennethfong.

SF State Science and Technology Gator Great Eric Kelly

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.

SF State Science and Technology Gator Great Stan Mazor

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.

SF State Science and Technology Gator Great Bob Pasker

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.

SF State Science and Technology Gator Great Jayshree Ullal

Jayshree Ullal

Tech executive

President and CEO of Arista Networks, this electrical engineering grad was named one of the "Top Ten Executives" at 2011's VMWorld, the global conference for virtualization and cloud computing.

SF State Science and Technology Gator Great Jody Vandergriff

Jody Vandergriff

CEO

Though she started in biomedical research, her experience designing software for scientists sparked a new passion: product development. She went on to co-found and build WebDAM, a leading cloud-based digital asset management platform for enterprise marketing teams. In March 2014, WebDAM was acquired by Shutterstock.

SF State Science and Technology Gator Great David Walden

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.

SF State Science and Technology Gator Great Lisa White

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.

   

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