NAPARIMA COLLEGE COURSE WORK 1-

LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCIENTIST

Project: Research of 1 Local and 1 Regional Scientist

Teacher: Ms. Renee Sukhu

Date received: 21st September, 2023

Date due : 29th September, 2023

Done by: Isaac Ramlogan

 LOCAL SCIENTIST-DR. CAMILLE WARDROP
ALLEYNE
Dr. Camille Wardrop Alleyne was born and raised In Port-
of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She was born on
the 12th October, 1966 and still is alive to this day. Dr.
Alleyne is a Trinidadian Aerospace Engineer, space scientist and science
ambassador. She is a writer, designs rockets and explore space and Dr.
Alleyne is also an internationally acclaimed speaker. She earned her
Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering with an aerospace option
at Howard University in Washington D.C.

Her hopes of working for NASA were delayed because of

her undergraduate study. She decided to pursue a Masters
from Florida A&M University in mechanical
engineering with a specialisation in composite
materials.
 DR. ALLEYNE-KENNEDY SPACE CENTER

Dr. Alleyne was one of the two persons in her

program recruited by NASA to work at the
Kennedy Space Center as a flight systems
engineer. She then attended the University of
Maryland to pursue another Master aerospace engineering with a
specialisation in hypersonic aerodynamics and propulsion after two
years of working in the Kennedy Space Center.

After graduating with her second Masters, she was recruited to

work at the Naval Sea Systems engineer. These products included
the Ground-Based Midcourse Interceptor and Aegis Weapon
System. Alleyne’s work with the Department of Defense spanned
eight years.
 DR. ALLEYNE-WORKING ON THE ORION
CONSTELLATION
Alleyne returned to NASA and worked on Constellation
and Orion program as a lead system engineer and crew module
systems engineer, and test manage, respectively. She
also studied space and helped design rockets that can survive and launch into
space. With a team of engineers, they worked on the design and development of the
Orion crew exploration vehicles responsible for transporting astronauts to
destination beyond the Low Earth orbit such as the Moon, asteroids and potentially
Mars.

Alleyne currently serves as an associate program scientist for International Space

Station, based on NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Her
rates associate program scientist include communicating The International Space
Station’s (ISS) scientific accomplishments with the general public, the leaders at
NASA, the U.S. congress, and scientific and educational communities. She also plays
a leading role in the international education programs across the ISS Partners.
During her tenure, she pursued her Doctorate in Education in Educational Leadership
from the University of Houston.
 DR. ALLEYNE-AWARDS AND HONOURS
Alleyne has earned several accolades for her work. Awards
from NASA include a Commendation Award by NASA Johnson
Space Center Director for her outstanding leadership and
contribution to NASA’s mission; NASA Group Achievement
Award for the ISS Benefits for Humanity Task Team in 2013; Certificate of
Appreciation for the Transformation of the International Space Station to
six person crew capabilities in 2009; the NASA Group Achievement
Award for Constellation Requirements Development Team in 2007; and the NASA Group
Achievement Award for Exploration Systems Architecture Study in 2006.

Alleyne has received numerous other awards and commendations from national and
international organizations including being awarded Outstanding Woman in Aerospace by
the National Society of Black Engineers and Distinguished Alumni award from FAMU/FSU
College of Engineering. In 2011, the National Institute for Higher Education, Research,
Science and Technology (NIHERST) in Trinidad and Tobago named her as one of the
Caribbean’s icons in Science and Technology. Alleyne is a member of the International
Astronautically Federation (IAF) Workforce Development and Space Education and
Outreach Committees; Delta Sigma Theta sorority and The Ninety-Nine: International
 DR. ALLEYNE-PHILANTROPHY
In 2007, Alleyne founded the Brightest Star Foundation, a 501 (c) 3
non-governmental organisation that’s dedicated to educating,
empowering and inspiring young women to be future leaders
through the study of science, math and technology. The
organisation provides mentorship to young women from all across
the world, providing them with the tools needed to select careers in
the science, technology.

The Brightest Stars Foundation provides free one to one or couples

counselling for parents, grandparents, and adult siblings. It has hold
monthly support group meetings in Glasgow and Edinburgh for
parents who have lost a son or daughter of any age, from any cause
of death. Dr. Alleyne is very successful as she owns around five
million dollars(U.S.) at the age of 56, almost fifty seven.
 DR. ALLEYNE QUOTE
The quote that Dr. Alleyne would always testify is, “I always had
this inner drive and fortitude to do the things I love. To this day, I tell
young people; life isn’t worth living if you aren’t doing what you
love.”
 CARIBBEAN SCIENTIST-DR. SIMONE ANNE
MARIE BADAL MC-CREATH
Simone Anne Marie Badal Mc-Creath is a
Jamaican chemist and cancer researcher. She
was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She studied at
the University of the West Indies where she
went on to major in Biochemistry and Chemistry,
acquiring a BSC (MPhil and PhD). She also acquired a MBA at the
University of Wales, Warwick.

Dr. Badal Mc-Creath is a lecturer in Biochemistry and Pharmacology

and anticancer researcher. Pioneering the development of novel
Jamaican prostate cancer cell lines, teaching undergraduates
courses and supervising postgraduates. She currently teaches in
Basic Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies in Mona,
 DR. BADAL MC-CREATH
Dr. Mc-Creath growing up was the daughter of a shop keeper in a
family where no one had attended college, so she intended to study
medicine. Her science education was held back by a lack of teachers
in her local school and she decided to be a researcher when she
reached university.

With the help of Rupika Delgoda, Mc. Creath

is the co-author of the textbook
‘Pharmacognosy: Fundamentals, Application and
Strategy’. She is currently writing her first book,
‘A Woman’s Journey to Success’.
 DR. BADAL-MC-CREATH
Her work is currently focused on investigating isolates of Jamaican
plants which may contain anti-cancer properties, and isolating a
unique Jamaican cell line, to counteract the dominance of Caucasian
cell dominance in research. More specifically, Badal Mc-Creath and
her colleagues isolated the compounds in a common seaweed called
Cambodia barbate and tested them in human cells.

She aims to market her products eventually,

leading to her to pursue a Masters of
Business Administration(MBA) at the University
of Cardiff, Wales. She believes that the ultimate
goal of scientific research is for it to be able to
make money and contribute to society.
 DR. BADAL MC-CREATH-AWARDS AND
HONOURS
In 2014, she was one of the five women awarded the Elsevier
Foundation Award for Early career Scientists in the Developing
World for her creation of a lab at the Natural Product Institute to
research the anti-cancer properties of natural Jamaica Products.
Other rewards received were: Principal's award for best Research in
the University Of the West Indies, the Luther Speare Scholarship and
the Young Scientist Award.
 DR. BADAL MC-CREATH QUOTE
Dr. Mc-Creath once said in 2014, ‘Knowledge is power;
accumulating as much data as you can and publishing these in peer
reviewed journals contributes significantly to future research.”