Mariana Weissmann (born 17 December 1933) is an Argentinian physicist, specializing in the computational physics of condensed matter. In 2003, Weissmann became the first Argentinian scientist to receive the
L'Oréal-UNESCO Award to Women in Science. The same year she received the
Prize Konex in Physics.
Work
Weissmann received her PhD in 1965 at the
University of Buenos Aires and she did her postgraduate studies at the
California Institute of Technology. She specialized in theoretical studies and
numerical simulations of the properties of
solid state
Solid state, or solid matter, is one of the four fundamental states of matter.
Solid state may also refer to:
Electronics
* Solid-state electronics, circuits built of solid materials
* Solid state ionics, study of ionic conductors and their u ...
.
Her works on computational physics of condensed matter in the formation of
ice opened up the possibility of
cloud seeding
Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification that aims to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds by dispersing substances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei, which alter the microphysical p ...
to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds.
She also studied
silicon surfaces and their interaction with
atoms of carbon. This included recently discovered molecules like doped
fullerenes doped.
She has directed numerous PhDs and published more than 100 scientific publications in international journals.
In 2003, she received the
L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in their category of
Latin America, the first Argentine scientist to receive the award which was created in 1998.
References
External links
Interview of Mariana Weissmann (in Spanish)WorldCat publications
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1933 births
20th-century Argentine physicists
Living people
Argentine women physicists
Argentine women scientists
L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates
Academic staff of the University of Buenos Aires
21st-century Argentine physicists
20th-century Argentine women scientists
21st-century Argentine women scientists
Computational physicists