Maria Goeppert Mayer
- Born: June 28, 1906 (Kattowitz, Germany)
- Died: February 20, 1972 (San Diego, California)
Education
- 1930: PhD, University of Göttingen
Major Positions
- 1930–1932: Johns Hopkins University, Assistant in Physics
- 1932–1936: Johns Hopkins University, Associate in Physics
- 1936–1939: Johns Hopkins University, Research Associate
- 1939–1946: Columbia University, No official title
- 1946–1959: University of Chicago, Voluntary Professor
- 1959–1960: University of Chicago, Professor
- 1960–1972: University of California, San Diego, Professor
Other Positions
- 1941–1942: Sarah Lawrence College, Lecturer
- 1942–1945: Manhattan Project, Columbia University, Researcher
- 1945–1945: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Researcher
- 1946–1959: Argonne National Laboratory, Senior Researcher
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
University of California at San Diego, Mandeville Special Collections Library, La Jolla, California
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1962: Available Online
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Robert G. Sachs, "Maria Goeppert Mayer: 1906-1972", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Karen E. Johnson, "Maria Goeppert Mayer: Atoms, Molecules, and Nuclear Shells," Physics Today 39 (1986): 44-49
Karen E. Johnson, "From Natural History to the Nuclear Shell Model: Chemical Thinking in the Work of Mayer, Haxel, Jensen, and Suess," Physics in Perspective 6 (2004): 295-309
Steven A. Moszkowski, "Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972)," in Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics, ed. Nina Byers and Gary Williams (New York: Cambridge University Press: 2006), 202-212
