Mariana Weissmann

Mariana Weissmann (born 17 December 1933) is an Argentinian physicist, specializing in the computational physics of condensed matter.

In 2003, Weissmann became the first Argentinian scientist to receive the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award to Women in Science.

Weissmann received her PhD in 1965 at the University of Buenos Aires and she did her postgraduate studies at the California Institute of Technology.

[2] She specialized in theoretical studies and numerical simulations of the properties of solid state.

[3] She has directed numerous PhDs and published more than 100 scientific publications in international journals.