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Katheryn Rajnak | |
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| Born | Katheryn Marie Edmonds April 30, 1937 Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Died | February 3, 2005 Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Kalamazoo College University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Hartree–Fock calculations of the energy levels of lanthanide elements. |
| Awards | Phi Beta Kappa (1959)[1] Clark Benedict Williams Prize in Mathematics (1959)[1] National Science Foundation Scholarship (1959) Honorary Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (1959) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physical chemistry |
| Institutions | Kalamazoo College Western Michigan University Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Paris-Sud University (Orsay) |
Katheryn (Kathie) Marie Edmonds Rajnak (April 30, 1937 – February 3, 2005) was an American theoretical physical chemist who lived and worked in the United States. She was known for her work applying variations of the Hartree–Fock approach to calculating the energy levels of the lanthanide elements and their compounds. Applications of those results include the design of lasers for inertial-confinement fusion and for uranium isotope separation. She was the first woman to teach physics at Kalamazoo College, starting in 1967.[2]
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