Elizaveta Karamihailova
Elisabeth Ivanova Kara-Michailova | |
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| Born | 3 September 1897 |
| Died | 24 April 1968 (aged 70) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Known for | Cosmic ray, radioluminescence and ionization studies |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | nuclear physics |
Elisabeth Ivanova Kara-Michailova (Bulgarian: Елисавета Иванова Карамихайлова), alternatively Elisabeth Karamichailova was a Bulgarian physicist of a Bulgarian father and an English mother. She was among the handful of female nuclear physics pioneers at the beginning of the 20th century, established the first practical courses of particle physics in Bulgaria and was the first woman to hold a professorial title in the country.