Edith Marie Flanigen (born January 28, 1929)[1][2] is a noted American chemist, known for her work on synthesis of emeralds, and later zeolites for molecular sieves at Union Carbide.

She was moved to UOP (a joint venture between Union Carbide and Allied Signal) in 1988, where she was named senior research fellow.

[7] In her 42-year career associated with Union Carbide, Edith Flanigen invented more than 200 different synthetic substances,[4] authored or co-authored over 36 publications, and was awarded at least 109 patents.

[10] In addition to her work on molecular sieves, Flanigen also co-invented a synthetic emerald,[11] which Union Carbide produced and sold for many years.

"[12] Wilson, Stephen T.; Lok, Brent M.; Messina, Celeste A.; Cannan, Thomas R.; & Flanigen, Edith M. (1982).

[2] In 2014, the Edith Flanigen Award was created by the Collaborative Research Centre at Humboldt University of Berlin.

[14] On November 20, 2014, President Barack Obama presented Flanigen with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for her contributions to science.