Emmy Stein

Emmy Stein
Born(1879-06-21)June 21, 1879
Düsseldorf, Germany
DiedSeptember 21, 1954(1954-09-21) (aged 75)
Tübingen, Germany
EducationMarienfield Horticultural School for Women, near Berlin; Zürich, Switzerland; University of Jena (PhD 1913)
Known forStudying effects of radiation on plants
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Berlin; Kaiser Wilhelm Institute; Max Planck Institute of Biology, Tübingen
Academic advisorsErwin Baur, Fritz von Wettstein, Max Hartmann

Emmy Stein (1879–1954)[1] was a German botanist and geneticist noted for being one of the first scientists to study the effect of radium on plants.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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