Monograph: Women Nuclear Scientists

Lise Meitner, Austrian physicist

Discoverer of nuclear fission, an achievement for which her lab partner Otto Hahn received the Nobel Prize. "Science makes people reach for truth and objectivity and teaches people to accept reality, with awe and wonder."Read more

Iréne Joliot-Curie, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis of new radioactive elements

September 12, 1897, in Paris (France) – March 17, 1956, in Paris (France) Daughter of Marie Curie (Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911) and Pierre Curie (Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903), she showed her ability for mathematics from a very young age and studied at her own school, known as […]Read more

Elizaveta Karamichailova, pioneer in nuclear physics in the early 20th century

She was among the handful of female nuclear physics pioneers at the beginning of the 20th century, established the first practical courses of particle physics in Bulgaria, and was the first woman to hold a professorial title in the country. Elisabeth Ivanova Kara-Michailova, Elisabeth Karamichailova, was born in Vienna on September 3, 1897, to Ivan […]Read more

Marie Curie, a life dedicated to the study of radioactivity

"Nothing in this world is to be feared, only understood. One must persevere and, above all, have confidence in oneself." Marie CurieRead more

Elda Emma Anderson, from wanting to be a kindergarten teacher to become dean of physics, chemistry, and mathematics

Elda Emma Anderson, from wanting to be a kindergarten teacher to become dean of physics, chemistry, and mathematics.Read more

Ida Eva Tacke-Noddack, the three-time Nobel Prize nominee who first mentioned nuclear fission

Ida Eva Tacke-Noddack, the three-time Nobel Prize nominee who first mentioned nuclear fissionRead more

María Goeppert-Mayer, unseen physicist

Second woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics (the first was Marie Curie) for her research in nuclear physics. However, she acheved her first recognized and paid job at the age of 54.Read more

Wu Chien-Shiung, radioactivity expert, known as the "First Lady of Physics"

She was a radioactivity expert who worked on the Manhattan Project and where she helped develop the process for separating metallic uranium into isotopes of uranium-235 and uranium-238 by gaseous diffusion. Her contributions in experimental physics were so important that she was compared to the chemist and physicist Marie Curie, and she was dubbed the […]Read more

He Zehui, a woman at the forefront of nuclear physics in China

Co-discoverer of the ternary and quaternary fission of uranium and many other achievements.Read more

Marietta Blau, identified traces of atomic particles that allowed distinguishing protons from alpha particles

Marietta Blau, identified traces of atomic particles that allowed distinguishing protons from alpha particlesRead more

Harriet Brooks, known for her research on nuclear transmutations and radioactivity

Harriet Brooks, known for her research on nuclear transmutations and radioactivityRead more

Jane Hamilton, physicist, and supervisor of the construction and commissioning of the 'Clementine' nuclear reactor

Jane Hamilton, physicist, and supervisor of the construction and commissioning of the 'Clementine' nuclear reactor.Read more

Katharine Way, known for her contribution to Physics and the construction of the Chicago Pile-1 reactor

Katharine Way carried out analyses of neutron flux data from Enrico Fermi's nuclear reactor designs to see if a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction could be achieved. These calculations were used in the construction of the Chicago Pile-1 reactor.Read more

Marguerite-Catherine Perey, discoverer of francium and first female elected academician at the Académie des Sciences

Marguerite-Catherine Perey, discoverer of francium and first female elected academician at the Académie des SciencesRead more

Berta Karlik, discoverer of astatine isotopes and its existence in nature as a product of natural decay processes

Berta Karlik, discoverer of astatine isotopes and its existence in nature as a product of natural decay processesRead more

Sameera Moussa: "My wish is that nuclear cancer treatment is as affordable and cheap as aspirin"

Sameera Moussa: "My wish is that nuclear cancer treatment is as affordable and cheap as aspirin"Read more