Mayer Mason
Topics: Carbon Nanotubes, Diversity in Science, Nanotechnology, Women in Science
University of Illinois, repost: 2012 Maria Goeppert Mayer Prize recipient
Citation:
"For innovative experiments that elucidate the electronic interactions and correlations in low-dimensional systems, in particular the use of local gates and tunnel probes to control and measure the electronic states in carbon nanotubes and graphene."
Additional note: The first photograph of a Maria Goeppert Mayor Prize recipient seems to be in 1996 with Dr. Majorie Ann Olmstead, most likely made a part of the site as society got comfortable with the Internet, advances in tools and what could be posted. The prize has been awarded by APS since 1986: "To recognize and enhance outstanding achievement by a woman physicist in the early years of her career, and to provide opportunities for her to present these achievements to others through public lectures in the spirit of Maria Goeppert Mayer." Dr. Mason seems to be - at first brush of the site - the first African American woman awarded this honor.
I attended her talk at the NSBP conference in Austin, Texas. Nobel Prize next, Dr. Mason!
NobelPrize.org: Maria Goeppert Mayer Biography
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