Elsa Reichmanis Explained

Elsa Reichmanis
Birth Date:	1953 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Melbourne, Australia
Field:	Chemical and biomolecular engineering
Work Institutions:	Bell Labs Lehigh University; Georgia Institute of Technology
Alma Mater:	Syracuse University
Awards:	Perkin Medal, ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science

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]

Education

Reichmanis completed her bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1972 and her PhD in organic chemistry in 1975, both at Syracuse University.^[5]

Awards and honors

Reichmanis' awards and honors include:

• 1992: R&D 100 Award from Research and Development Magazine^[6]
• 1993: Achievement Award from the Society of Women Engineers^[7]
• 1995: Elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering^[8]
• 1997: Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science^{[9] [10]}
• 2001: Perkin Medal^[11]
• 2018: Elected a Fellow of the Materials Research Society^[12]
• 2018: ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials^[13]
• 2020: Elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Center for Oral History. Elsa Reichmanis . .
2. Book: Brock, David C. . Elsa Reichmanis, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by David C. Brock at Murray Hill, New Jersey on 1 August 2001 . 1 August 2001 . Philadelphia, PA. .
3. Web site: Groundbreaking Scholar Elsa Reichmanis to Join Faculty at Lehigh. 2019-11-07. Lehigh University. en. 2020-05-30.
4. Web site: Elsa Reichmanis. Elsa Reichmanis Research group. 10 September 2015. 25 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151225084626/http://reichmanis.chbe.gatech.edu/reichmanis.html. dead.
5. Web site: Elsa Reichmanis - Chemically Amplified Resists. Lemelson MIT. 2020-02-29.
6. Web site: R&D 100 Archive of Winners - 1992. 2020-02-29.
7. Web site: Achievement Award Recipients. 2020-02-29.
8. Web site: Dr. Elsa Reichmanis . National Academy of Engineering. 11 July 2022.
9. Web site: AAAS - Elected Fellows. 2020-02-29.
10. Web site: Elsa Reichmanis Forges Powerful Bonds of Collaboration. 2020-02-29.
11. Elsa Reichmanis Wins Perkin Medal. Chemistry International . 1 July 2001. 23. 4. 10.1515/ci.2001.23.4.117a. free.
12. Web site: List of MRS Fellows. Materials Research Society. 6 March 2019.
13. Web site: ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials. American Chemical Society - Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering. 2020-02-29.
14. Web site: Elsa Reichmanis elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. EurekAlert!, American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2020-12-08. 2020-12-11.