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ESTHER M. CONWELL
ESTHER M. CONWELL
Pages 72-79
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, a condensed matter theoretician, died November 16, 2014, at the age of 92, ending a distinguished 62-year career investigating fundamental properties of new electrically conductive materials.
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She focused on carrier transport in both p- and n-type materials, lightly or heavily doped, in high and low electric fields and at various temperatures, always comparing her theoretical understanding with experimental results. In 1958 she compiled the known properties of Si and Ge in two influential review papers.
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In 1991 Conwell represented Xerox as associate director of the new NSF Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer at the University of Rochester, opening up new research opportunities: Investigating electron-hole interactions in conductive polymers led to excitons, polarons, and polaron pairs, as well as interchain coupling in photoluminescence and contact injection into polymer light-emitting diodes. In 1997 she wrote the seminal review "Excimer Formation and Luminescence in Conducting Polymers" (Trends in Polymer Science 5(7)
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"I was frequently the only woman in the class.… My idea was to be a high school physics teacher, because that was all that I had ever seen." Her mentor, Professor Bernhard Kurrelmeyer, however, suggested she apply to graduate school -- he was married to a physics professor at Columbia and understood what women could do. While her contributions to physics rival those of her male peers, she faced difficulties that they didn't and often had to work alone.
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She mentored young women all her life and was recognized for her dedication with the Dreyfus Foundation's Senior Scientist Mentor Program Award (2005) and the American Chemical Society Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences (2008)
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But that climate is changing, and I'm proud of the role we've played." As a highly successful and influential woman in physics and chemistry, Conwell inspired countless young women worldwide to pursue and grow in scientific and engineering careers.
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