von Hippel Award (materials science)
Jewish recipients of the von Hippel Award (materials science) documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 33% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.
16 documented recipients
Peter Hirsch1925
Metallurgist, pioneer of electron microscopy of dislocations in metals
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
John Cahn1928
Materials scientist known for the Cahn–Hilliard equation on phase separation
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Theodore Geballe1920
Physicist; superconductivity and materials physics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
Gabor Somorjai1935
Physical chemist, pioneer of surface science and heterogeneous catalysis
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Richard Stein1925
Polymer chemist known for the optical and physical properties of polymers
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Simon Moss1932
Materials physicist known for X-ray scattering studies
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Howard Birnbaum1932
Materials scientist known for hydrogen effects in metals
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Robert Langer1948
Biomedical engineer who pioneered controlled drug-delivery systems and tissue engineering.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Tobin Marks1944
Chemist known for organometallic catalysis and electronic materials
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Mildred Dresselhaus1930
Physicist known as the 'queen of carbon science' for carbon nanomaterials
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Marvin Cohen1935
Physicist; theory of the electronic structure of solids and superconductivity
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
Richard Friend1953
Physicist; organic semiconductors and polymer light-emitting diodes
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
Charles Lieber1959
Chemist known for nanowires and nanoscale materials
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Jerry Tersoff
Physicist (condensed matter and materials theory)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
Samuel Stupp1951
Chemist known for supramolecular materials and self-assembly
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Reshef Tenne1944
Chemist who discovered inorganic fullerene-like nanostructures and nanotubes
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry