en.unionpedia.org

Monserrate Román, the Glossary

Index Monserrate Román

Monserrate Román a.k.a. "Monsi", is a Puerto Rican scientist in NASA who helped NASA build part of the International Space Station.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Astro microbiology, Bachelor of Science, Bacteria, Biofilm, Federation, Fungus, History of women in Puerto Rico, Huntsville, Alabama, International Space Station, Life-support system, List of Puerto Rican scientists and inventors, List of Puerto Ricans, List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program, Marshall Space Flight Center, Master of Science, Microbiologist, Microbiology, Microorganism, Microscope, NASA, Organism, Parasitism, Puerto Rico, Science fair, Silver Snoopy award, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of Puerto Rico, Virus.

  2. Puerto Rican women scientists
  3. University of Alabama in Huntsville alumni

Astro microbiology

Astro microbiology, or exo microbiology, is the study of microorganisms in outer space.

See Monserrate Román and Astro microbiology

Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin scientiae baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.

See Monserrate Román and Bachelor of Science

Bacteria

Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.

See Monserrate Román and Bacteria

Biofilm

A biofilm is a syntrophic community of microorganisms in which cells stick to each other and often also to a surface.

See Monserrate Román and Biofilm

Federation

A federation (also called a federal state) is an entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a federal government (federalism).

See Monserrate Román and Federation

Fungus

A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

See Monserrate Román and Fungus

History of women in Puerto Rico

The recorded history of Puerto Rican women can trace its roots back to the era of the Taíno, the indigenous people of the Caribbean, who inhabited the island that they called Boriken before the arrival of Spaniards.

See Monserrate Román and History of women in Puerto Rico

Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama.

See Monserrate Román and Huntsville, Alabama

International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station assembled and maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada).

See Monserrate Román and International Space Station

Life-support system

A life-support system is the combination of equipment that allows survival in an environment or situation that would not support that life in its absence.

See Monserrate Román and Life-support system

List of Puerto Rican scientists and inventors

Before Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Conquistadors landed on the island of "Borikén" (Puerto Rico), the Tainos who inhabited the island depended on their astronomical observations for the cultivation of their crops.

See Monserrate Román and List of Puerto Rican scientists and inventors

List of Puerto Ricans

This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico (Borinquen) and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican descent.

See Monserrate Román and List of Puerto Ricans

List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program

This is a list of notable Puerto Rican scientists involved in the United States Space Program, also known as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and their contributions to said program. Monserrate Román and list of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program are Puerto Rican scientists.

See Monserrate Román and List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program

Marshall Space Flight Center

The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), located in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (Huntsville postal address), is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center.

See Monserrate Román and Marshall Space Flight Center

Master of Science

A Master of Science (Magister Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree.

See Monserrate Román and Master of Science

Microbiologist

A microbiologist (from Greek μῑκρος) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes.

See Monserrate Román and Microbiologist

Microbiology

Microbiology is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular (single-celled), multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or acellular (lacking cells).

See Monserrate Román and Microbiology

Microorganism

A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from sixth century BC India. The scientific study of microorganisms began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Anton van Leeuwenhoek.

See Monserrate Román and Microorganism

Microscope

A microscope is a laboratory instrument used to examine objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye.

See Monserrate Román and Microscope

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

See Monserrate Román and NASA

Organism

An organism is defined in a medical dictionary as any living thing that functions as an individual.

See Monserrate Román and Organism

Parasitism

Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

See Monserrate Román and Parasitism

Puerto Rico

-;.

See Monserrate Román and Puerto Rico

Science fair

A science fair or engineering fair is an event hosted by a school that offers students the opportunity to experience the practices of science and engineering for themselves.

See Monserrate Román and Science fair

Silver Snoopy award

The Silver Snoopy award is a special honor awarded to NASA employees and contractors for outstanding achievements related to human flight safety or mission success.

See Monserrate Román and Silver Snoopy award

University of Alabama in Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is a public research university in Huntsville, Alabama.

See Monserrate Román and University of Alabama in Huntsville

University of Puerto Rico

The University of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico), often shortened to UPR, is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

See Monserrate Román and University of Puerto Rico

Virus

A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism.

See Monserrate Román and Virus

See also

Puerto Rican women scientists

University of Alabama in Huntsville alumni

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monserrate_Román