Her thesis was entitled "Artificial Radioactivity of Barium and Lanthanum" and was supervised by Marion Llewellyn Pool.
[1] She was the first female research staff member at the laboratory and successfully developed her scientific career for 29 years at PPPL.
[1] She conducted fundamental research in the field of plasma equilibrium and magnetohydrodynamic stability in the toroidal magnetic confinement devices, like tokamaks and stellarators.
[1] The American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics established the Katherine E. Weimer award in 2001 to "recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in plasma science research by a woman physicist in the early years of her career."
The winning physicist receives $4000 and an invitation to speak at the Division of Plasma Physics annual meeting.