Charlotte Elster is a German-American theoretical nuclear physicist whose early work made significant contributions to the formulation of the Bonn potential for the nuclear force, in joint work with Ruprecht Machleidt and Karl Holinde [de].
[1] In later research, she has developed methods for supercomputers to model few-body systems, including light nuclei.
[3] Elster studied theoretical physics at the University of Bonn, earning a diploma there in 1983 and completing her Ph.D. in 1986.
[4] Elster was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2001, after a nomination from the APS Topical Group on Few-Body Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics, "for her significant contributions to the understanding of the nucleon-nucleon interaction and its applications in few-body systems and nuclear reactions".
[5] As well as being a physicist, Elster is a devoted amateur figure skater.