Meet 12 Badass Scientists

“This picture carries extra power for me because we all look like our real selves,” says Marhaver. “I have this photo hanging behind my desk, so that when people come to my office, I have a posse of 12 PhDs backing me up.”                                                     Kristin Marhaver, coral biologist

Twelve women scientists of the TED Fellows program gather for a portrait at the TED Fellows Retreat this past August. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED

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