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Lise Meitner is the female physicist the most nominated, 16 times for Physics and 14 times for Chemistry. [20] About 1.7% of the Nobel nominations in Physics up to 1970 were women. [ 20 ]
Ulrike Beisiegel (born 1952), German biochemist, researcher of liver fats and first female president of the University of Göttingen; Sibylle Günter (born 1964), theoretical physicist researching tokamak plasmas; Hanna von Hoerner (1942–2014), astrophysicist; Eva-Maria Neher (born 1950), German biochemist, microbiologist; Nina Papavasiliou ...
This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
This is a list of women who have made significant contributions to the field of physics. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Physicists . It includes physicists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
The Institute of Physics was more accepting, and she became friends with the physicists there, including Otto von Baeyer , James Franck, Gustav Hertz, Robert Pohl, Max Planck, Peter Pringsheim and Wilhelm Westphal. [29] During the first years Meitner worked with Hahn, they co-authored nine papers: three in 1908 and six in 1909.
Lisa Randall HonFInstP (born June 18, 1962) is an American theoretical physicist and Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. [1] Her research includes the fundamental forces of nature and dimensions of space.
Pictures of some physicists (mostly 20th-century American) are collected in the Emilio Segrè Visual Archives and A Picture Gallery of Famous Physicists; 20th-century women in physics in the Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics archive
The most recent women to be awarded a Nobel Prize were Han Kang in Literature (2024), Claudia Goldin in Economics, Narges Mohammadi for Peace, Anne L'Huillier in Physics and Katalin Karikó in Physiology or Medicine (2023), Annie Ernaux in Literature and Carolyn R. Bertozzi for Chemistry (2022), Maria Ressa for Peace (2021), Louise Glück in ...