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' = Ghada Bassioni  = Ghada Bassioni (born 1974) is the Associate Professor and Head of the Chemistry Division in Ain Shams University. Ghada has more than 50 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. She has received several national regional and international awards such as the 'Young Scientist Award' at the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China in 2013 Ghada Bassioni is leading the way in gender equality in science and is strongly involved in improving chemical safety and the use of green chemistry.

Early life and education
Ghada Bassioni was born on February 21,1974 in Cairo. Ghada spent the first seven years of her life in Dortmund, Germany, while her parents did their PhDs. Both parents were professors, Ghada grew up in a family with a working mother in a leading position. Mrs. Bassioni worked as head of the Anesthesia department at the National Heart Institute in Cairo for more than 20 years before retiring. Ghada graduated from the German School situated in Cairo and received a Bachelor's of Science from the Faculty of Science at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. She then went on to pursue a Master's of Science jointly from the Technische Universität München TUM, Munich, Germany and Ain Shams University in Cairo. "She later went on to receive her PhD in 2004 from the Technische Universität München TUM, Munich, Germany".

Academic career
Ghada is currently an Associate Professo r, she is also Head of the Chemistry Division at the Faculty of Engineering in Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. She acts as the international project officer at the STDF, the Science and Technology Development Fund which is within the Egyptian Ministry of Scientific Research. Since 2014, Bassioni was assigned a member of the Executive Committee of the Global Young Academy. "She is a member of the Egyptian National Committee for Pure and Applied Chemistry." Ghada plans to be the driving force behind the initiatives involved in chemical safety and the use of green chemistry. She hopes to use a versatile approach to solve social challenges like fresh water supply.

Scientific research
In terms of research, Ghada has been highly involved and stimulated in a variety of sub topics within chemistry and chemistry associated subjects. When carrying out her undergraduate, she done some research into inorganic chemistry, "she then went into organometallic chemistry during her masters only to end up in physical chemistry and interfacial science phenomena in her postdoctoral studies in the field of construction materials and petroleum chemistry". Bassioni carries out research in many areas of chemistry, some include organometallic, oilfield production and environmental chemistry as well as aluminiums effect on human health.

Women in Science
Ghada Bassioni strongly believes in gender equality in science and supports women’s affairs in science firmly. She acted as chairperson and member for the corresponding groups at the Technische Universität München and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in Abu Dhabi. Ghada has arranged a number of conferences and workshops both scientific and gender related. "The workshops and conferences were organized due to her function as the women’s representative at the Technical University Munich from 2005-2007, as the Chair of the Women’s Initiative at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Abu Dhabi Section from 2009-2011 and as a member and lead of the Women in Science working group of the Global Young Academy."

Publications and awards
In 2013, Bassioni has received the LEWA Leadership Excellence for Women award runner up. Organized by the British Council, she was an invited speaker within Springboard Women’s Development Project, also in 2013. Ghada received the Young Scientist Award at the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China in 2013. She has over 50 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. She has been recognized with several national awards such as 'The State Incentive Award' in 2013 in the field of chemistry, both regionally and internationally. Ghada was selected to become a panelist member and academic visitor at the Nobel Laureates meetings in Lindau, Germany, in both 2012 and 2014.

= Psyche Cattell =

Psyche Cattell (born 1893) daughter of James McKeen Cattell, was an American Psychologist. Psyche published the Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale in 1940, and founded The West End Nursery School (later renamed The Cattell School), in Lancaster in 1941. She had a noteworthy career as a university-based researcher, test developer, clinical psychologist, early-childhood educator, and made psychology a popular topic of discussion.

Early life
Psyche Cattell was born August 2, 1893 in Garrison-on-Hudson, New York which is located 50 miles north of New York City. Psyche had six siblings, she was the third of the seven children, her parents were Josephine Owen and James McKeen Cattell. The Cattell children were brought up at the family home, which was named Fort Defiance. All of the children received home schooling from their father, James McKeen Cattell's students which were graduating from Columbia University. None of the children received formal education prior to college aside from home teaching and a highly stimulating home environment. Psyche Cattell's father, James Mckeen Cattle born in 1860 was a leading figure in American psychology history. James founded and edited numerous psychological and scientific journals, he also helped to build one of the largest psychology training programs in the United States. James Mckeen Cattell played a big role in the establishment of psychology as a science and not just in terms of philosophy and medicine. He passed away in 1944. James' editorial staff did much of their work out in the Cattell household, and prominent visitors came in and out of their home. Psyche's father's connection with Columbia university offered many benefits to the seven children. "The children were able to earn pocket money by raising laboratory animals."

Academic career and Education
Psyche, like her father was also a successful psychologist. Psyche was a focused and clever student, but she had learning difficulties and had to spend extra time studying. "In later years she would say that she was probably dyslexic, although she never underwent testing to confirm this." She was athletic, when finishing school she enrolled at the Sargent School for Physical Training, a school situated in Boston for people training to become physical education teachers. She took classes at New York University, Columbia University, and Stanford University, and the New School for Social Research. Most of the courses she took were in statistics and educational psychology, but she also studied a wide variety of subjects in university at undergraduate and graduate levels. She received a diploma from the Sargent School, but Cattell's interest was primarily in psychology due to her studies in university. Cattell is very well known in Pennsylvania for the school she founded and ran between 1941 and 1974. She is also well known for her work at local mental health and guidance clinics. Psyche Cattell carried out statistical analyses for the 'American Men of Science, the third edition', one of her father's many editorial works, from the year 1919 through to 1921. Not long after, she enrolled at Cornell University with her younger sister Quinta. As both sisters had never went to high school, Cornell would not award them undergraduate degrees. In 1925 they earned their master's degrees, which were their first formal academic qualifications. Before receiving her degree, Psyche moved on to Harvard University, where she enrolled in the Graduate School of Education and started work in the Psycho-Education Clinic. "There she collaborated on the Harvard Growth Study, directed by Walter F. Dearborn. Her earliest work involved correlating different measures of growth with school standing, but she soon focused on dentition as a measure of maturity." From these studies Psyche received her master's of education in 1925, then followed by her doctor of education in 1927.

Cattell Infant Intelligence scale and Publications
In 1940, 'The Measurement of Intelligence of Infants and Young Children' was published by Cattell. The test kits became publicly available that same year, Psyche liked to make the kits herself, and continued doing this until the 1980s. The test kits were distributed by 'The Psychological Corporation', which was an organization started by her father, James McKeen Cattell in 1921. "Psychologists praised the Cattell test for its short administration time, its ease of use, and its emphasis on cognitive (as opposed to motor) development." She did not believe that her test was perfect, research confirmed this as it had little predictive validity for children aged than less than one years of age. "Some theorists believe that there may be a qualitative difference between infant intelligence and the intelligence measured later in life." Regardless of some imperfections, the Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale is a useful tool in "circumstances where predictive validity is not of primary importance" . The test can be used to identify small children who are not developing normally, for example. Children who are assessed as an infant can benefit from early programs such as the Cattell scale. The scale is also used in research studies. New York Psychological Corporation used the Cattell test to test pre-adoptive children. In 1960 a second addition was created. "There can be no doubt that Psyche Cattle's sixty-year-old test, although imperfect, is indeed a genuine asset to 21st century psychology." In 1972 she published Raising Children with Love and Limits, which included many of the thoughts from the columns she wrote for 'Children Under Eight'.

Personal life
Psyche Cattell never got married. In 1931 she adopted Hudson, making her one of the first women not married in the United States to adopt a child. In the late 1930's she adopted a second child, which she named Jowain. Mandatory retirement laws forced Cattell to leave the Guidance Clinic at the age of 70. Cattell carried on running the Cattell School and also worked at a local newspaper, the Lancaster New Era where she started to contribute a regular column. "She titled the column 'Children Under Eight'. Cattell assembled many of her observations in a popular book, 'Raising Children with Love and Limits', in 1972. She closed the Cattell School and soon after brought an end to her newspaper column at age 81, in 1974. Dr. Cattell died the 17th of April of 1989 in Lititz, Pennsylvania, at Moravian Manor. She spent the last years of her life largely in solitude at the nursing home. She had a stroke in March of 1987 that left her unable to live independently in her large house in Lancaster. She passed away at the age of 95.