Maria Goeppert Mayer

Biography

Maria Goeppert Mayer was a theoretical physicist who proposed the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus, for which she received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 — only the second woman to do so after Marie Curie. For much of her career, anti-nepotism rules prevented her from holding paid positions at universities where her husband worked, forcing her to pursue research as a volunteer or in unpaid positions.

玛丽亚·格佩特-梅耶是一位理论物理学家，她提出了原子核的核壳层模型，并因此获得1963年诺贝尔物理学奖——继居里夫人之后第二位获此殊荣的女性。在她职业生涯的大部分时间里，反裙带关系规定阻止她在丈夫工作的大学担任有薪职位，迫使她以志愿者或无薪职位进行研究。

Key Achievements

• Nobel Prize in Physics (1963) for nuclear shell model

  因核壳层模型获诺贝尔物理学奖（1963年）

• Second woman to win Nobel Prize in Physics

  第二位获得诺贝尔物理学奖的女性

• Pioneered two-photon absorption theory

  开创两光子吸收理论

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Maria Goeppert Mayer — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Goeppert_Mayer
2. Nobel Prize: Maria Goeppert Mayer — https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1963/mayer/