- Field
- Quantum simulation
- Institution
- Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
- Known for
- Advocacy for women in physics
- Distinctions
- Alfried-Krupp-Förderpreis
- Klung Wilhelmy Science Award
Role Models
Empower
Costanza Toninelli
- Field
- Molecular quantum nanophotonics
- Institution
- LENS - European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, Italy
- Known for
- Advocacy for women in physics
- Distinctions
- ERC Consolidator Grant for the "QUINTESSEnCE" project
Rosario Gonzalez-Ferez
- Field
- Atomic, molecular and nuclear physics
- Institution
- Granada University, Spain
- Known for
- Advocacy for women in physics
- Distinctions
- Mildred Dresselhaus Award, 2013
Jessica Wade
- Field
- Materials science, chiral materials, circular polarisation
- Institutions
- Imperial College London, England
- Known for
- Plastic electronics
WISE Campaigning
Francesca Ferlaino
- Field
- Quantum simulation
- Institution
- University of Innsbruck, Austria
- Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, ÖAW, Austria
- Known for
- First Bose-Einstein condensation of Erbium
First dipolar quantum mixture of Erbium and Dysprosium - Advocacy for women in physics
- Distinctions
- Erwin Schrödinger-Preis, 2017
Grete-Rehor-Staatspreis, 2023
Donna Strickland
- Field
- Optics
- Institutions
- National Research Council of Canada
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United-States
- Princeton University, United-States
- University of Waterloo, Canada
- Known for
- Pulsed laser
- Distinction
- Nobel Prize in Physics for the method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses
Anne L'Huillier
- Field
- Attosecond physics
- Institution
- Lund University, Sweden
- Known for
- High harmonic generation, attosecond physics
- Distinctions
- UNESCO L'Oréal Award , 2011
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award , 2022
Wolf Prize in Physics, 2022 - Nobel Prize in physics for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter with Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz
Shirley Ann Jackson
- Field
- Theoritical physics
- Institution
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United-States
- Known for
- Electronic and optical properties of two-dimensional systems
- Distinctions
- First African-American woman to earn a doctorate degree (nucelar physics) from the MIT (second in the US), 1973
- Appointed as chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1995
- First woman to be president of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1999
Claudine Hernann
- Timeline
- 1945-2021
- Field
- Solid-state physics
- Institution
- École normale supérieure de Sèvres, France
Femme & Sciences
European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS - Known for
- Optical properties of solids, in particular the photo-emission of polarised electrons
- Advocacy for women in physics
- First women to be appointed Professor at École polytechnique
Mildred Dresselhaus
- Timeline
- 1930-2017
- Field
- Applied physics
- Institution
- Cornell University, United-States
- MIT, United-States
- Known for
- Carbon nanotubes
- Distinctions
-
National Medal of Science,1990IEEE Founders Medal, 2004Heinz Award in Technology, Economy, and Employment, 2005Harold Pender Award, 2006Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, 2008Oersted Medal, 2008Vannevar Bush Award, 2009Enrico Fermi Award, 2012Kavli Prize in Nanoscience, 2012Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2014
Deborah S. Jin
- Timeline
- 1968-2016
- Field
- Molecular quantum chemistry
- Institution
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, United-States
University of Colorado at Boulder, United-States - Known for
- Fermionic condensate
- Distinctions
-
MacArthur Fellowship, 2003
Benjamin Franklin Medal, 2008
Isaac Newton Medal, 2014
Audrey Stuckes
- Timeline
- 1923-2006
- Field
- Thermal and electrical conductivity
- Institution
- University of Salford, England
- Metropolitan-Vickers
- Known for
- Contributions to the theory of the Johnsen–Rahbek effect
- The electrical and thermal conductivity of semiconductors
- The thermal resistance of building insulation
- Distinction
- Pfeiffer scholarship, 1942
Leona Woods
- Timeline
- 1919-1986
- Field
- Nuclear Physics
- Institutions
- University of Chicago, United-States
- Known for
- The Manhattan Project
- Leona Woods participated in building the first nuclear reactor and the first atomic bomb
Chien-Shiung Wu
- Timeline
- 1912-1997
- Field
- Particule and experimental physics
- Institution
- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
- University of California, Berkeley, United-States
- Smith College, United-States
- Princeton University, United-States
- Columbia University, United-States
- Zhejiang University, China
- Known for
- The Manhattan Project
- Contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle physics
- Chien-Shiung Wu participated in developing the process for separating uranium into uranium-235 and uranium-238 isotopes by gaseous diffusion
- Distinctions
- Nominations for the Nobel Prizes in Physics and in Chemistry
- Comstock Prize in Physics, 1963
- Bonner Prize, 1975
- National Medal of Science, 1975
- Wolf Prize in Physics, 1978
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
- Timeline
- 1906-1972
- Field
- Theoritical physics, nuclear physics
- Institutions
- Sarah Lawrence College, Unites-States
Columbia University, Unites-States
Los Alamos Laboratory, Unites-States
Argonne National Laboratory, Unites-States
University of California, San Diego, Unites-States
University of Chicago, Unites-States - Known for
- The discovery of the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus
- Distinctions
- Nobel Prize in Physics “for their (together with J. Hans D. Jensen) discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure”, 1963
- Establishement of the Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award for early-career women physicists in her honor, 1986
Grete Hermann
- Timeline
- 1901-1984
- Field
- Mathematics, physics, philosophy, education
- Institution
- University of Göttingen, Germany
- Known for
- Philosophical work on the foundations of quantum mechanics
- Critique of the"no hidden-variables theorem" of John von Neumann
Irène Joliot-Curie
- Timeline
- 1897-1956
- Field
- Chemistry, physics, radioactivity
- Institution
- University of Paris (La Sorbonne), France
Curie Institute, France - Known for
- The discovery of induced radioactivity
- Distinctions
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of induced radioactivity with Frédéric Joliot-Curie, 1935
- Establishement of the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize for women in science in her honor, 2001
Marietta Blau
- Timeline
- 1894-1970
- Field
- Particule physics
- Institution
- University of Vienna, Austria
- Known for
- The use of nuclear emulsions to detect high energy particles
- Distinctions
- Nominations for the Nobel Prizes in Physics and in Chemistry
- Erwin Schrödinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1962
Laura Bassi
Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Veratti
- Timeline
- 1711-1778
- Field
- Physics, philosophy, anatomy
- Institution
- University of Bologna, Italy
- Known for
- Popularising Newtonian mechanics in Italy
- First salaried female University Professor
- Distinctions
- inducted by the Pope to the Benedettini
Emmy Noether
Amalie Emmy Noether
- Timeline
- 1882-1935
- Field
- Mathematics, theoritical physics
- Institutions
- University of Göttingen, Germany
Bryn Mawr College, United-States - Known for
- The use of nuclear emulsions to detect high energy particles
- Abstract algebra
- Noether's theorem
Noetherian ring
Lasker–Noether theorem
Lise Meitner
- Timeline
- 1878-1968
- Field
- Radioactivity
- Institution
- University of Vienna, Austria
- Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Germany
- University of Berlin, Germany
- Manne Siegbahn Laboratory, Sweden
- University College of Stockholm, Sweden
- Known for
- The discovery of protactinium and nuclear fission
- Distinctions
- Lieben Prize, 1925
- Max Planck Medal, 1949
- Otto Hahn Prize, 1955
- ForMemRS, 1955
- Wilhelm Exner Medal, 1960
- Enrico Fermi Award, 1966
- Establishement of the Lise Meitner Prize by the European Physical Society (nuclear physics division) in her honor
Mileva Marić
- Timeline
- 1875-1948
- Field
- Mathematics, physics, theory of relativity
- Institution
- Zurich Polytechnic School, Switzerland
Mileva Marić studied with Albert Einstein and eventually married him. We do not know to what extend she participated in his discoveries, but there are some controvertial letters saying that they both worked together so we thought it was important to devote her a few lines in ATOM*INNEN's website. Furthermore one has to admit that few papers were published under women's names at that time. They divorced in 1919 before Einstein got his Nobel Prize "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect" (1921).
Marie Curie
Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie
- Timeline
- 1867-1934
- Field
- Chemistry, physics, radioactivity
- Institution
- University of Paris (La Sorbonne), France
Curie Institute, France - Known for
- The discovery of polunium and radium
- Distinctions
- Nobel Prize in Physics in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel with Pierre Curie, 1903
- First woman to win a Nobel Prize
First woman to be professor at the University of Paris (La Sorbonne), 1906
Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element, 1911
First women to have won two Nobel Prizes
Émilie du Châtelet
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet
- Timeline
- 1706-1749
- Field
- Mathematics, physics, philosophy
- Institution
- The Academy of Sciences of the Bologna Institute, Italie
- Stanislas Academy, France
- Known for
- Foundations of Physics
- Newton's Principia translation into French
- Natural philosophy which combines Newtonian physics with Leibnizian metaphysics
- Advocacy of Newtonian physics