Myriam Sarachik
Myriam Sarachik | |
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Sarachik in 2019 | |
| Born | Myriam Paula Morgenstein August 8, 1933 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Died | October 7, 2021 (aged 88) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Barnard College (BA) Columbia University (MS, PhD) |
| Awards | L'Oreal-UNESCO Award (2005) Oliver E. Buckley Prize (2005) APS Medal (2020) National Medal of Science (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | City College of New York |
| Thesis | Penetration of magnetic fields through superconducting lead films (1960) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Garwin |
Myriam Paula Sarachik (August 8, 1933 – October 7, 2021) was a Belgian-born American experimental physicist who specialized in low-temperature solid state physics. From 1996, she was a distinguished professor of physics at the City College of New York. She is known for the first experimental confirmation of the Kondo effect in the 1960s.