Shirley Ann Jackson, American physicist
Shirley Ann Jackson (born 1946), American physicist. Born in Washington , USA, Jackson studied physics at MIT for her undergraduate and masters degree. She continued her studies at MIT, completing a PhD in physics in 1973. Jackson is the first African American woman to receive a doctorate from MIT. After her graduate studies, Jackson did postdoctoral work at Fermilabs for a year and a fellowship at CERN. In 1976, she accepted a position at Bell Labs, where she worked on research focused on the electronic properties of two-dimensional condensed matter systems . Jackson worked at Bell Labs until 1991. In 1991, Jackson became a professor of theoretical physics at Rutgers University. Four years later, president Bill Clinton appointed Jackson as the chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She is the first woman and first African American to hold this position. Jackson later served as the 18th president of the Reselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1999 till July 2022. In 2016, Jackson received the 2014 National Medal of Science, which was presented by President Barack Obama. Artwork from portraits done by artist Ernest Chrichlow for a poster series by Ciba-Geigy AG.
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