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Hispanic Heritage Month articles to edit and create[edit]

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Name	Field of research	Other details	Translated to Spanish Wiki?	Sources
National Society of Hispanic Physicists	N/A	Group promoting the advancement of Hispanic-Americans in physics and celebrating the contributions of Hispanic-American physicists to the study and teaching of physics	No	[1][2]
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science	N/A	Society that aims to further the success of Chicano/Hispanic and Native American students in obtaining advanced degrees, careers, leadership positions, and equality in the STEM field	No	[3][4]
Mario Acuña	Planetary magnetism	Research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the Space Plasmas and Planetary Magnetospheres Branches	Yes	[5][6]
Mario Amzel	Biophysics and structural biology	Former director of the Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	No	[7]
Luis Walter Alvarez	Experimental physics	Experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968	Yes	[8][9]
Albert Baez	X-ray microscopes, X-ray optics, and later X-ray telescopes	First director of the science education program for UNESCO in Paris	Yes	[10][11]
John C. Baez	Mathematical physics	He has worked on spin foams in loop quantum gravity, applications of higher categories to physics, and applied category theory	Yes	[12][13]
Víctor Manuel Blanco	Astronomy	In 1959 discovered Blanco 1, a galactic cluster	Yes	Image
Carlos Bustamante (biophysicist)	Biophysics	Professor in molecular and cell biology, chemistry, and physics, UC Berkeley	Yes	[14][15][16]
Freddy Cachazo	Theoretical physics; quantum field theory	Won the 2014 New Horizons Prize	No	[17][18]
Juan Carlos Campuzano	High-temperature superconductivity and photoemission	Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Chicago	No	[19][20]
Marcela Carena	Theoretical physics	Distinguished scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory	No	[21]
Ana María Cetto	Quantum mechanics, stochastic, electrodynamics, and biophysics of light	Professor at the Faculty of Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)	Yes	[22][23]
Franklin Chang-Díaz	Fusion technology and plasma-based rocket propulsion	Veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, tying the record, as of 2021 for the most spaceflights	Yes	[24][25]
Ximena Cid	3-D simulations to support the comprehension of systems such as gravitational fields, electric fields and magnetic fields	Associate professor and the chair of the physics department at California State University Dominguez Hills	No	[26][27]
Inés Cifuentes	Seismology	Former director of the Carnegie Academy for Science Education	Yes	[28][29]
France A. Córdova	Astrophysics	Astrophysicist and administrator who was the fourteenth director of the National Science Foundation	No	Image [30][31]
John Victor Cortinas, Jr.	Meteorology	Director, NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory	No	Image [32][33][34]
Mario Diaz (physicist)	Gravitational waves	Director Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy	No	[35][36][37][38]
F. J. Duarte	Laser physics, physical optics	Invented the N-slit laser interferometer	Yes	[39][40]
Jessica Esquivel	Muon g-2 particle physics	Works at Fermilab	No	[41][42]
Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano	Pioneered the development transition-edge-sensor detectors for astrophysics and physics	Physicist and professor at Northwestern University	No	[43][44]
Adolfo Figueroa-Viñas	Astrophysics	First Puerto Rican astrophysicist at NASA	No	[45]
Anamaría Font	Theoretical physics; models about the primordial components of matter in the context of string theory	Professor of the Central University of Venezuela	Yes	[46][47]
Angel García	The folding, dynamics, and stability of biomolecules including protein, RNA, and antimicrobial peptides	Director of CNLS Los Alamos National Laboratory	No	[48][49][50]
Jose D. Garcia	Theory of quantum methods, including the application of time dependent calculations to the understanding of complex collisional processes	One of the first members of the National Society of Hispanic Physicists	No	[51][52][53]
Anjelica Gonzalez	Biomedical engineering	Biomedical engineer, scientist,Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering[1] at Yale University	No	[54][55]
Gabriela González	Brownian motion as a limit to the sensitivity of gravitational-wave detectors; data analysis for gravitational-wave astronomy	Professor of physics and astronomy at the Louisiana State University and was the spokesperson for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration	Yes	[56][57]
Nestor Granelli	Geophysics	Worked at the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory	No	[58]
Carlos Gutierrez	The development of very thin film coating materials for the magnetic sensor and semiconductor and microfabrication industries.	Former associate professor of physics at Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos	No	[59][60][61][62]
Adelina Gutiérrez	Astrophysics	First Chilean to obtain a doctoral degree in astrophysics and the first woman to become a member of the Chilean Academy of Sciences	Yes	Image
Carlos Handy	Theoretical physics	Established the Center for Theoretical Studies of Physical Systems at Clark Atlanta University; later became the head of the physics department at Texas Southern University. Grandson of W.C. Handy, the "Father of the Blues."	No	[63][64][65]
Scarlin Hernandez	Space Engineer at the Webb Telescope	Prior to working at the Webb Telescope, Hernandez was a mission planning lead and system engineer for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite.	No	Image [66][67]
Edgar Kausel	Geophysics	Helped establish geophysics program at the University of Chile	Article only in Spanish	[68][69]
Jorge López (physicist)	Heavy ion collision dynamics	Physicist and educator and the Schumaker Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at El Paso	No	[70][71]
José Luis Morán López	Theoretical physics, solid state physics and material science	Founding director of the [Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica]	Article is only in Spanish	Image [72][73]
Ramón E. López	Space physics	Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Texas at Arlington	No	[74][75]
Juan Maldacena	String theory and quantum gravity	Theoretical physicist and the Carl P. Feinberg Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton	Yes	[76][77]
Luz Martinez-Miranda	The interaction of liquid crystal with nanoscale materials for engineering and biological applications	Associate professor in the College of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Maryland.	No	[78][79]
Juan Manuel Lozano Mejía	Classical mechanics	Invented the first commercial jet pack, called "The Rocket Belt"	Yes (English article is very sparse)	[80]
Modesto Montoya	Nuclear physicist	Former president of the Peruvian Institute for Nuclear Energy	No	[81]
Guido Münch	Astronomy and astrophysics; stellar atmospheres, stellar spectroscopy, interstellar matter, the spectroscopy of nebulae, the structure of galaxies, solar physics and planetology	Professor at Caltech; also worked at the Mount Wilson and Palomar observatories	Yes	[82][83]
Adriana Ocampo	Planetary geology	Lead Program Executive for NASA's New Frontiers Program	Yes	[84][85]
Ellen Ochoa	Optical systems	Former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center	Yes	[86][87]
Piermaria Oddone	Particle physics	Received the 2005 Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics for the invention of the Asymmetric B-Factory to carry out precision measurements of CP violation in B-meson decays	Yes	[88][89]
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski	High energy physics; black holes	Founder and principal investigator of our new Celestial Holography Initiative	Yes	[90][91]
Jorge Pullin	Black hole collisions and quantum gravity.	Horace Hearne Chair in theoretical Physics at the Louisiana State University	No	[92][93]
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz	The violent universe with an emphasis on stellar explosions, transient astrophysics, gravitational wave sources and accretion phenomena	Professor and chair of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz	No	[94][95][96]
Ana Maria Rey	Theoretical physcist on ultra cold atoms reserch	Rey was the first Hispanic woman to win the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in 2019. In 2023, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.	Yes	[97][98]
Jorge Sahade	Astronomy	First director of the Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales	Yes	[99][100]
Óscar Saavedra San Martín	Physics of cosmic radiation and the physics of astroparticles	Between 1966 and 1968 he was director of the Chacaltaya Cosmic Physics Laboratory and received the Order of the Condor of the Andes, the highest distinction of Bolivia	Yes	[101][102]
Mayly Sánchez	Particle physics	Particle physicist working on neutrino oscillations using long baseline experiments such as ANNIE, NOvA and DUNE. She was awarded the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2011	Yes	[103][104]
Elba Serrano	Neuroscience and biophysics	Regent's Professor of Biology at New Mexico State University	No	[105][106]
Magaly Spector	Technologist; pioneered technologies that enabled high-speed Internet, optical and wireless networking communications	Won the national Cuban chess championship	No	[107][108][109]
Noboru Takeuchi	Condensed matter and nanotechnology	Has coordinated the publication of scientific books in Indigenous languages of Mexico such as Náhuatl, Hñä Hñu, Zapoteco, Mixteco, Maya, Mixe, Pai Pai, Zoque Ayapaneco, Chinanteco, Mazateco and Yokotán.	Article only in Spanish	[110]
Julián Félix Valdez	Discovery of the Lambda 0 polarization	Founded the Internacional elementary particle laboratory at Univesidad de Guanajuato	No	[111][112][113]
Mayda Velasco	Particle physics	Physicist and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University	No	[114][115]
José Federico Westerkamp	Microwaves	One of the founders of the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights	Article is only in Spanish	[116][117]
Matias Zaldarriaga	Cosmology	Currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study	Yes	[118][119]

Quantum biographies to edit and create[edit]


Name	Field of research	Other details	Sources
Dorit Aharonov	Quantum computing	Research is mainly about quantum information processes, which includes:quantum algorithms; quantum cryptography and computational complexity	[120]
Nithaya Chetty	Quantum-mechanical solid state systems, density functional theory, plane wave pseudopotential method	Theoretical and computational physicist, professor at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	[121]
Francesca Ferlaino	Ultracold strongly magnetic lanthanides for dipolar quantum matter	Feltrinelli prize, Ignaz L. Lieben Prize, and the Fritz-Kohlrausch Prize; APS Fellow 2019	[122]
Marissa Giustina	Quantum computing and experimental tests of quantum theory	Senior research scientist at the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab Article tagged as "needs additional or more specific categories"	[123]
Joseph H. Eberly	Quantum optics	Professor of Physics and Professor of Optics at the University of Rochester Page is tagged with multiple issues	[124]
Anna Krylov	Quantum chemistry	Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southern California (USC); inventor of the spin-flip method	[125]
Lucy Mensing	Quantum physics	Worked together with Wolfgang Pauli on the calculation of the electrical polarizability of gases from diatomic molecules with the help of matrix mechanics Image on Wikimedia Commons	[126]
Kae Nemoto	Quantum information	APS Fellow 2015	[127]
Hélène Perrin	Quantum physics	Physicist working on quantum gas at Laser Physics Laboratory of Université Sorbonne Paris Nord and CNRS Article is a stub	[128]
Gloria Platero	Quantum information	Research Professor at the Theoretical Condensed Matter Departament, at the Materials Science Institute of Madrid	[129]
Cindy Regal	Quantum optics	APS Fellow 2016 Article is a stub	[130]
Margaret Reid (scientist)	Quantum information, quantum optics	APS Fellow 2017	[131]
Ana Maria Rey	Atomic and quantum physics	Rey was the first Hispanic woman to win the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in 2019	[132]Oral history interview with Ana Maria Rey
Mary Beth Ruskai	Mathematical physics, quantum theory	APS Fellow 2019 Article is tagged with the issue that section "does not include any references or sources"	[133]
Monika Schleier-Smith	Quantum chromodynamics	APS Fellow 2021 Article is tagged with the issue "may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject"	[134]
Athena Sefat	Quantum-mechanical simulations	Currently a Program Manager at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, with Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering	[135]
Michelle Simmons	Quantum physics	APS Fellow 2021	[136]
Barbara Terhal	Quantum information, quantum computing	APS Fellow 2007	[137]
Ruth Van de Water	Quantum chromodynamics	Finalist in the postdoctoral category of the New York Academy of Sciences’ Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in 2011 Article is tagged with multiple issues	[138]Oral history interview with Ruth Van de Water
Jelena Vučković	Quantum information, quantum optics	APS Fellow 2015 Article is tagged with citation issues	[139]
Deborah K. Watson	Quantum many body problem	APS Fellow 2020	[140]
Renata Wentzcovitch	Quantum-mechanical simulations	APS Fellow (2006), AGU Fellow (2008), Minealogical Society Fellow (2009) AAAS Fellow (2012) Article is a stub	[141]Oral history interview with Renata Wentzcovitch
Susanne Yelin	Quantum optics	APS Fellow 2017	[142]
Tanya Zelevinsky	High-precision spectroscopy and quantum optics	APS Fellow (2018)	[143]
Bei Zeng	Quantum information	APS Fellow 2021	[144]

Quantum topics to edit and create[edit]


Topic	Suggested edits	Sources
Category:Quantum information scientists	Add women (broader than computing)	[145]
Cavity quantum electrodynamics	Add discussions about the different regimes (strong vs weak coupling), figures of merit (cooperativity), applications and/or different implementations (free-space fabry-perot, semiconductor, etc)
Continuous-variable quantum information	Article is currently flagged as "may be too technical for most readers to understand"	PRX Quantum has a tutorial on the topic.
Integrated quantum photonics	Include silicon carbide in materials	PRX Quantum has a Perspective article on the topic
International year of quantum	Create article page	[146]
Lindbladian	Article is ranked start-class and mid-importance
Quantum error correction	Include surface code, color code, flag, LDPC	Architecture to build cat codes: See PRX Quantum article
Quantum memory	Article has multiple flags, including "may be too technical for most readers to understand" and "section headers are very disorganized"
Quantum metrology	Could contain more details of derivations, basic formulas, most relevant papers, etc.
Quantum sensors	Include experiments with NV centers, proposals involving probing high-energy physics (axions, neutrinos)
Quantum supremacy	There is a detailed discussion on this article's talk page about changing the article title	PRX Quantum has a Perspective article presenting simple, back-of-envelope, calculations on the topic. There is also a recent article (with Focus coverage, by the Physics magazine) that shows the current status and challenges of the technology.
Quantum technology		PRX Quantum published relevant general articles: Perspective by Ivan Deutsch and Roadmaps on the US quantum initiative.
Quantum tomography	Include more recent techniques, such as Shadow tomography, Gate set tomography.
Quantum Trajectory Theory	Add formulas
Quantum transduction and interconnects	Create article
Quantum Verification	Create article
Qubit	Include new constructions that are more immune to noise, e.g. topology, zero-pi	See also Perspective in PRX Quantum
Women in computing	Add quantum section (computing only)

Existing biographies to edit[edit]


Name	Field of research	Other details	Sources
Joan Adler	Computational physics	Computational physicist at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology	[147]
Félicie Albert	Laser plasma accelerators	APS Fellow	[148]
Carol Lynn Alpert	Science communication	APS Fellow	[149]
Dora Altbir	Nanotechnology	Awarded the National Prize for Exact Sciences (Chile) in 2019 for her work in the theoretical study of magnetic nanostructures	[150]
Agnès Barthélémy	Nanotechnology	Professor at Université Paris-Sud and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France	[151]
Julie Borchers	Condensed matter physics	APS Fellow	[152]
Elizabeth Buckley-Geer	Dark energy physics	Fermilab, APS Fellow (2018)	[153]
Shirley Chiang	Surface and nanophysics; high resolution microscopy	UC Davis, APS Fellow (1994), AAAS Fellow (2008), AVS Fellow (2006)	[154]
Clémence Corminboeuf	Electronic structure theory (organic electronics and homogeneous catalysis)	Theoretical Chemistry Award from the ACS Physical Chemistry Division in 2018	[155]
Lara Estroff	Bio-inspired materials synthesis, crystal growth mechanisms in gels and their relationships to biomineralization	Materials scientist who is a professor at Cornell University	[156]
Liesl Folks	Magnetic materials and devices, nanoscale metrology, and spin-electronic devices	Professor and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Arizona	[157]
Amy C. Foster	Silicon-based photonic devices for optical interactions	American engineer who is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Johns Hopkins University	[158]
Carla Fröhlich	Origin and history of (heavy) chemical elements in the galaxy	Professor of physics and University Faculty Scholar at North Carolina State University	[159]
Barbara Garrison	Molecular reaction and interaction modeling at surfaces	Penn State, APS Fellow (1994), AVS Fellow (1994) AAAS Fellow (2009), ACS Fellow (2010)	[160]
Nancy Haegel	Electronic materials and materials physics	2004 APS Prize to a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution	[161]
Maxine Hayes	Pediatrics	Public health expert who was the State Health Officer for Washington state from 1998 until 2013, elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2006	[162]
Kalina Hristova	Biomaterials; structure and physics of biomembranes	Johns Hopkins University, APS Fellow (2016), Council/Treasurer of Biophysical Society.	[163]
Joseph Johnson III	Fluid and plasma dynamics	Bouchet Award (1995)	[164]
Nancy E. Levinger	Molecular dynamics and condensed matter assembly	APS Fellow (2005)	[165]
Neepa Maitra	Theoretical chemistry and chemical physics (time-dependent density functional theory and correlated electron-ion dynamics)	Theoretical physicist and Professor of Physics at Hunter College of the City University of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York	[166]
Spiridoula Matsika	Theoretical methods for nonadiabatic phenomena	Temple University, APS Fellow (2014)	[167]
Anne McCoy	Theoretical chemistry to study anharmonicity and large amplitude vibrational motions	University of Washington, APS Fellow (2007), ACS Fellow (2009), AAAS Fellow (2012)	[168]
Jennifer L. Ross	Experimental self-assembly studies of active matter	APS Fellow (2018), DBio Chair (2018), Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award (Biophysical Society 2013)	[169]
Rachel A. Segalman	Polymer physics	Edward Noble Kramer Professor and Department Chair of Chemical Engineering at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)	[170]
Irene Tamborra	Theoretical particle astrophysics and astrophysics (weakly interacting particles)	[171]
Giulia Zanderighi	Phenomenology of elementary particles	First woman director at the Max Planck Institute for Physics	[172]

New biographies to create[edit]


Name	Field of research	Other details	Sources
Tamara Bogdanović	Astrophysics (supermassive black holes)	Georgia Tech, 2013 Sloan Research Fellow	[173]
Erminia Calabrese	Cosmology (cosmic microwave background)d	Deputy Director of Research, Astronomy Instrumentation Group, Astronomy Group, Cardiff Hub for Astrophysics Research and Technology	[174]
Paulette Clancy	Modeling and simulation of semiconductor materials	Department Head and Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University	[175]
Eva-Maria S. Collins	Biomechanics, regeneration, neurodevelopment	Affiliated Faculty, Physics & Astronomy Adjunct Member, CEET Environmental Neuroscience, Swarthmore	[176]
Priscilla Cushman	Particle physics	University of Minnesota, APS Fellow (2012)	[177]
Carroll J. Diaz Jr.	Mathematics	Associate Professor of Mathematics, Xavier University of Louisiana	[178]
Angel Garcia (physicist)	Theoretical and computational studies of the structure, dynamics and stability of biological molecules	Bouchet Award (2006)	[179][180]
Jose D. Garcia Jr.	Theoretical atomic physics	Bouchet Award (1998)	[181]
Eilat Glikman	Quasars and galaxy formation and evolution	Glikman explores AGN demographics by data-mining large multi-wavelength sky surveys and conducts follow-up observations	[182][183]
María Concepción González García	Theoretical particle physics	ICREA Research Professor at Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Experimental Sciences & Mathematics	[184]
Joke Hadermann	Electron microscopy of battery materials and perovskites	Studies crystal structure characterisation of materials (with a focus on perovskite based materials and lithium battery cathode materials) using electron crystallography	[185]
Frances Houle	Stochastic simulations of transformations in complex condensed phase systems	APS Fellow (1992)	[186]
Anne Myers Kelley	Light-matter interaction (resonance Raman and hyper-Raman spectroscopy)	UC Merced, APS Fellow (2001)	[187]
Eliza Kempton	Small extrasolar planets (planets orbiting distant stars)	Associate Professor and Graduate Director, UMD	[188]
Pablo Laguna	Computational astrophysics and numerical relativity	Bouchet Award (2016)	[189]
Anupam Madhukar	Experimental condensed matter physics (quantum-dot self-assembly)	USC, APS Fellow (2003)	[190]
Parisa Mirbod	Fluid mechanics	Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIC	[191]
Silvia Pascoli	Elementary particle theory	Durham University, Professor in the Department of Physics	[192]
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz	Stellar explosions, gamma-ray bursts, and accretion phenomena near compact objects	Bouchet Award (2017), APS Fellow (2018), 2021 Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach	[193]
Elisa Resconi	Experimental astro- and particle physics	Professorship on Experimental Physics with Cosmic Particles, Technische Universität München	[194][195]
Marguerite Rinaudo	Properties of biomaterials	Two national medals of honor in France. NAS in Brazil. World-expert in Chitosan. In her 80s. Other awards on Wikipedia page of CERMAV, which she headed.	[196]
Mary T. Rodgers	Structure and function in biological systems or intrinsic reactivity in inorganic systems.	Wayne State, APS Fellow (2016)	[197]
Jairo Sinova	Condensed matter theory (spintronics and nanoelectronics)	Johannes Gutenberg Universität (Germany), APS Fellow (2011)	[198]
Susanne Stemmer (physicist)	Quantitative scanning transmission electron microscopy, quantum materials, molecular beam epitaxy	APS Fellow (2012)	[199]
Silvia Völker	Chemical Physics	University of Leiden, APS Fellow (1994)	[200]
Yvonne Wong	Theoretical particle physics and cosmology	Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney	[201]
Lin Zhang (physicist)	Photonics	Emeritus Professor, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University	[202]