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Nuclear physicist

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Known For

Coining the term Nuclear Fission

Helping discover Protactinium

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November 1878 - October 1968

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Mother
Her mother Hedwig Skovran was an amateur but talented musician.

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Father
Her father Philipp Meitner was a lawyer and talented chess player.

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Siblings
She had 7 siblings

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She attended the University of Vienna where she was born, and began studying physics in 1901.

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Atoms make up everything and inside each atom is something called a nucleus. Nuclear physics studies how nuclei relate to laws of nature.

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After studying in Vienna she moved to Berlin, Germany to work with renowned physicist Max Planck and chemist Otto Hahn. She later discovered protactinium with Hahn.

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In 1922 she became the first female physics professor in Germany.  She was soon forced to flee Germany because of Nazi rise.

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The Nobel Institute For Experimental Physics

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The Nobel Institute For Experimental Physics

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She fled to Sweden and continued her Nuclear Physics studies at The Nobel Institute For Experimental Physics.

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About 20% percentage of electricity in America is produced by Nuclear Fission which would not have been possible without her work. Future work using nuclear fission might not have happened without her discoveries.