Helen Quinn

Helen Quinn
Quinn lectures at Dirac Medal Ceremony, 2000.
Born
Helen Rhoda Arnold

(1943-05-19) 19 May 1943
Melbourne, Australia
NationalityUnited States naturalised citizen
Alma materTintern Grammar
Stanford University
Known forPeccei-Quinn theory
Hierarchy of Interactions in Unified Gauge Theories
A Framework for K-12 Science Education
AwardsDirac Medal (2000)
Order of Australia (2005)
Oskar Klein Medal (2008)
Sakurai Prize (2013)
Karl Taylor Compton Medal (2016)
Benjamin Franklin Medal (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
InstitutionsHarvard University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University
Doctoral advisorJames Bjorken

Helen Rhoda Arnold Quinn (born 19 May 1943) is an Australian-born American particle physicist and educator. Her works to theoretical physics include the Peccei-Quinn theory which showed a corresponding symmetry of nature and works relating to particle interactions.[1][2]

Awards

In 2024, the Matteucci Medal was given by the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze in Rome, Italy. She is the fourth woman to win this award since it started in 1868. The previous winners were Marie Curie, Irène Joliot-Curie, and Jocelyn Bell Burnell.[3]

In 2023, she received the Great Immigrant Award from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.[4]

References

  1. Council, National Research (2011-07-19). A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. doi:10.17226/13165. ISBN 9780309217422.
  2. jmontefusco (2017-11-02). "Helen Rhoda Quinn | The Franklin Institute". fi.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  3. "Opening Ceremony of the 242nd Academic Year". www.accademiaxl.it. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  4. "Pedro Pascal and World Bank's Ajay Banga among those named to Carnegie's 2023 Great Immigrants list". AP News. 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2025-03-12.