Melba Phillips

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Melba Phillips

Physics

#547

World Rank

#935

Historical Rank

#266

USA Rank

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Melba Phillips's Degrees

• PhD Physics University of California, Berkeley
• Bachelors Physics University of California, Berkeley

Why Is Melba Phillips Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Melba Newell Phillips was an American physicist and a pioneer science educator. One of the first doctoral students of J. Robert Oppenheimer at the University of California, Berkeley, Phillips completed her PhD. in 1933, a time when few women could pursue careers in science. In 1935 Oppenheimer and Phillips published their description of the Oppenheimer–Phillips process, an early contribution to nuclear physics that explained the behavior of accelerated nuclei of radioactive hydrogen atoms. Phillips was also known for refusing to cooperate with a U.S. Senate judiciary subcommittee's investigation on internal security during the McCarthy era that led to her dismissal from her professorship at Brooklyn College, where she was a professor of science from 1938 until 1952.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Melba Phillips?

Melba Phillips is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Illinois Chicago
• Washington University in St. Louis
• University of California, Berkeley
• Stony Brook University
• University of Minnesota
• Andrews University
• Oakland City University
• Brooklyn College
• University of Chicago
• Columbia University