Elsa Reichmanis

Elsa Reichmanis
Born (1953-12-09) 9 December 1953 (age 70)
Melbourne, Australia
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

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]

  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.