Elsa Reichmanis (born 9 December 1953 in Melbourne, Australia)[1][2] is an American chemist, who was the 2003 president of the American Chemical Society. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1995 for the discovery, development, and engineering leadership of new families of lithographic materials and processes that enable VLSI manufacturing. She was also inducted into the National Academy of Inventors in 2020. She is currently the Anderson Endowed Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Lehigh University.[3] She previously served on the faculty at The Georgia Institute of Technology. Reichmanis is noted for her research into microlithography, and is credited for contributing to the "development of a fundamental molecular level understanding of how chemical structure affects materials function leading to new families of lithographic materials and processes that may enable advanced VLSI manufacturing".[4]

Elsa Reichmanis
Born (1953-12-09) 9 December 1953 (age 70)
Alma materSyracuse University
AwardsPerkin Medal (2001), ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science (1999)
Scientific career
FieldsChemical and biomolecular engineering
InstitutionsBell Labs; Lehigh University; Georgia Institute of Technology

Education

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Reichmanis completed her bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1972 and her PhD in organic chemistry in 1975, both at Syracuse University.[5]

Awards and honors

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Reichmanis' awards and honors include:

References

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  1. ^ Center for Oral History. "Elsa Reichmanis". Science History Institute.
  2. ^ Brock, David C. (1 August 2001). Elsa Reichmanis, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by David C. Brock at Murray Hill, New Jersey on 1 August 2001 (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: Chemical Heritage Foundation.
  3. ^ "Groundbreaking Scholar Elsa Reichmanis to Join Faculty at Lehigh". Lehigh University. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Elsa Reichmanis". Elsa Reichmanis Research group. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Elsa Reichmanis - Chemically Amplified Resists". Lemelson MIT. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. ^ "R&D 100 Archive of Winners - 1992". Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Achievement Award Recipients". Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Dr. Elsa Reichmanis". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  9. ^ "AAAS - Elected Fellows". Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Elsa Reichmanis Forges Powerful Bonds of Collaboration". Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Elsa Reichmanis Wins Perkin Medal". Chemistry International. 23 (4). 1 July 2001. doi:10.1515/ci.2001.23.4.117a.
  12. ^ "List of MRS Fellows". Materials Research Society. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  13. ^ "ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials". American Chemical Society - Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Elsa Reichmanis elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors". EurekAlert!, American Association for the Advancement of Science. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.