page_title: List of women in mathematics
section_title: J
hierarchical_section_title: List of women in mathematics / J
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian mathematician Nalini Joshi in 2014
context_page_description: This is a list of women who have made noteworthy contributions to or achievements in mathematics. These include mathematical research, mathematics education, the history and philosophy of mathematics, public outreach, and mathematics contests.
context_section_description: Trachette Jackson (born 1972), researcher in mathematical oncology, second African-American woman to become a Sloan Fellow in mathematics
  Jessie Marie Jacobs (1890–1954), fired from mathematics instructorship for having a child, aided husband Hermann Muller's Nobel-winning genetic research
  Monique Jeanblanc (born 1947), French financial mathematician
  Lisa Jeffrey FRSC, Canadian expert in symplectic geometry and quantum field theory
  Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins, Canadian philosopher of mathematics
  Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, American low-dimensional topologist, editor of MAA FOCUS
  Svetlana Jitomirskaya (born 1966), Ukrainian mathematician working on dynamical systems and mathematical physics
  Naomi Jochnowitz, American algebraic number theorist known for her mentorship of women in mathematics
  Aimee Johnson, American expert on dynamical systems
  Katherine Johnson (born 1918), calculated the trajectory for Project Mercury and the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon
  Marion Lee Johnson, African-American mathematician, helped calculate trajectories for the Apollo 11 moon landing
  Eleanor Jones (born 1929), one of the first African American women to receive a PhD in mathematics
  Shelly M. Jones, American mathematics educator
  Nataša Jonoska (born 1961), Macedonian-American expert in DNA computing
  Artishia Wilkerson Jordan (1901–1974), African-American mathematics educator and clubwoman
  Nalini Joshi, researcher in differential equations, Australian Laureate Fellow, Hardy Lecturer, president of Australian Mathematical Society
  Josephine Jue, Chinese-American mathematician, compiler, and programmer, first Asian-American woman at NASA
caption: Australian mathematician Nalini Joshi
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