Name Katherine Lathrop | ||
Died 2005, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States | ||
Professor Katherine Austin Lathrop (1915–2005) was an American nuclear medicine pioneer and member of the Manhattan Project.
Lathrop was credited with seminal research on the biological effects of radiation, and the invention of radiotracers, including Iodine-125, Palladium-103, and Technetium-99m.
She was but one representative of Women in STEM fields.
In addition to her scientific and academic accomplishments, Lathrop gave birth to and raised 5 children. She had 10 grandchildren at the time of her death.
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