Esther M. Conwell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Esther M. Conwell

American physicist

Date of Birth: 23-May-1922

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 16-Nov-2014

Profession: engineer, physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Esther Marley Conwell (May 23, 1922 – November 16, 2014) was a pioneering American chemist and physicist. She studied properties of semiconductors and organic conductors, especially electron transport. Conwell is best known for the Conwell-Weisskopf theory which elucidates how electrons travel through semiconductors, an accomplishment that helped revolutionize modern computing.In 1990, Conwell became an adjunct professor at the University of Rochester while still working at Xerox.
In 1998, Conwell joined the University of Rochester faculty full-time as a professor of chemistry where she focused on the flow of electrons through DNA.Conwell has earned four patents, published more than 270 papers, and multiple textbooks over her career.
Her textbook High Field Transport in Semiconductors became the authoritative text in the field.