Julia Kornfield
Julia Kornfield · Science & Medicine
Polymer scientist of flow-induced crystallization; Bingham Medal (2017)
Oakland, California, USA
United States
Julia Kornfield is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Polymer scientist of flow-induced crystallization; Bingham Medal (2017)
Julia A. Kornfield is an American polymer scientist and Caltech professor known for her work on flow-induced crystallization of polymers and for inventing megasupramolecules used as anti-misting jet-fuel additives and light-adjustable intraocular lenses; she received the Society of Rheology's Bingham Medal. She was born in Oakland, California. Publicly available biographies do not document a Jewish background, though she appears on community rosters of Jewish figures in mechanics.
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Polymer scientist of flow-induced crystallization; Bingham Medal (2017)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics
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