Emmy Stein
Emmy Stein | |
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| Born | 21 June 1879 Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Died | 21 September 1954 (aged 75) Tübingen, Germany |
| Education | Marienfield Horticultural School for Women, near Berlin; Zürich, Switzerland; University of Jena (PhD 1913) |
| Known for | Studying effects of radiation on plants |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, genetics |
| Institutions | University of Berlin; Kaiser Wilhelm Institute; Max Planck Institute of Biology, Tübingen |
| Academic advisors | Erwin Baur, Fritz von Wettstein, Max Hartmann |
Emmy Stein (1879–1954) was a German botanist and geneticist noted for being one of the first scientists to study the effect of radium on plants.