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Science & Medicine

Myriam Sarachik

Who

Myriam Sarachik · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; electron transport in disordered metals and quantum tunneling of magnetization

When

1933, Antwerp, Belgium — 2020, New York City, United States

Where

Belgium · United States

Biography

Myriam Sarachik is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; electron transport in disordered metals and quantum tunneling of magnetization

How & why

Sarachik was an experimental physicist renowned for her precise studies of electron transport in disordered metals and of quantum tunneling of magnetization in molecular magnets. Born into a Belgian Jewish family, she survived the Holocaust as a child refugee before building a distinguished career at the City College of New York and serving as president of the American Physical Society. She received the National Medal of Science for her contributions to condensed-matter physics.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

Contributions & Sources

Physicist; electron transport in disordered metals and quantum tunneling of magnetization

1933

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics