Mary Alberg
Mary Alberg (née Mary Ann Johnke) is an American physicist specializing in the theory of nuclear physics. She is a professor emerita at Seattle University.[1]
Education and career
Alberg graduated from Wellesley College in 1963, with a bachelor's degree in physics. After working for the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1963 to 1967, she continued her studies at the University of Washington, where she received a master's degree in 1970 and completed her Ph.D. in 1974.[2] Her doctoral dissertation was Kaon-Nucleus Optical-Potential for Kaonic Atoms.[3]
Alberg joined the Seattle University faculty as a lecturer in 1978. She became an assistant professor in 1979, an associate professor in 1983, and a full professor in 1992. She chaired the physics department from 1990 to 1995, and was named Arline Bannan Chair of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in 2000.[2] She retired from Seattle University and was named as a professor emerita in 2021.[4]
She was a cofounder of the Northwest Section of the American Physical Society (APS), in 1998.[5]
Recognition
Alberg was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2014, after a nomination from the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, "for seminal contributions to understanding the sea of the nucleon and other baryons and her extraordinary service to the physics community".[6]
Personal life
Alberg married Tom Alberg, a lawyer and businessman, in 1963.[7] They had three children before divorcing in 1989.[8]
References
- ^ "Mary Alberg, PhD", Directory, Seattle University, retrieved 2025-05-21
- ^ a b "Candidate biographies, nominations for executive committee: Mary A. Alberg" (PDF), Division of Nuclear Physics Newsletter, vol. 182, American Physical Society, p. 5, November 2014, retrieved 2025-05-21
- ^ Astrophysics Data System entry for Alberg's dissertation: Bibcode:1974PhDT........75A
- ^ "Professor emerita/emeritus", Faculty news and notes, Seattle University Magazine, Fall 2021, retrieved 2025-05-21 – via Issuu
- ^ APS Northwest Section is Established, American Physical Society, June 1998, retrieved 2025-05-21
- ^ "Fellows nominated in 2014", APS Fellows archive, American Physical Society, archived from the original on 2022-01-24
- ^ "Alberg–Johnke", The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9 June 1963, retrieved 2025-05-21 – via Newspapers.com
- ^ Early Amazon investor and board member Tom Alberg dies at 82, Bloomberg, 7 August 2022, retrieved 2025-05-21 – via Al Arabiya
External links
- Mary Alberg publications indexed by Google Scholar