Melba Phillips

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American educator physicist theoretical physicist

Melba Phillips was an influential American physicist and educator known for her work in theoretical physics and for coauthoring the Oppenheimer–Phillips process in nuclear physics.

Aliases (2)

Melba Newell Phillips ×2
Melba ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → educator → physicist → theoretical physicist →
academicAdvisor	J. Robert Oppenheimer →
awardReceived	Karl Taylor Compton Medal for Leadership in Physics → Oersted Medal →
birthDate	1907-02-01 →
birthPlace	Hazleton, Indiana, United States →
causeOfNotability	contributions to theoretical nuclear physics → prominent role in physics teaching and curriculum development →
coauthorOf	Oppenheimer–Phillips process → physics textbooks →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	2004-11-08 →
doctoralThesisTopic	theoretical physics →
educatedAt	Battle Creek College → Oakland City College → University of California, Berkeley →
employer	Brooklyn College → University of Chicago → University of Science and Technology of China → Washington University in St. Louis →
familyName	Phillips →
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics → physics education → theoretical physics →
fullName	Melba Newell Phillips →
gender	female →
givenName	Melba →
hasOccupation	author → university teacher →
influenced	physics education in the United States →
knownFor	Oppenheimer–Phillips process →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Association of Physics Teachers →
notableAchievement	contributions to nuclear reaction theory → leadership in physics education →
notableFor	advocacy for high-quality physics education →
notableWork	Oppenheimer–Phillips process →
participatedIn	development of the Oppenheimer–Phillips process theory →
positionHeld	president of the American Association of Physics Teachers →
residence	Chicago → New York City →
workLocation	Chicago → New York City →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Oppenheimer–Phillips process →	discoveredBy
J. Robert Oppenheimer →	doctoralStudent
Melba Phillips ("Melba Newell Phillips") →	fullName
Melba Phillips ("Melba") →	givenName
Oersted Medal ("Melba Newell Phillips") →	hasRecipient
Oppenheimer–Phillips process →	namedAfter
Hazleton, Indiana →	notablePersonBornHere