You might have heard of Lise Meitner. A native of Austria, she was the first woman to become a full professor of physics in Germany. She also helped discover nuclear fission. Yet the 1944 Nobel ...

Hahn claimed the discovery for himself and accepted a Nobel Prize for it without crediting Meitner. She later received informal recognition for her role. The young Goeppert thrived in the ...

The IAEA Lise Meitner Programme (LMP) provides early- and mid‑career women professionals with opportunities to participate in a multiweek visiting professional programme and advance their technical ...

The IAEA Lise Meitner Programme (LMP), named after the Austrian-Swedish physicist instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission, aims to boost technical skills of early and midcareer women ...

The Lise Meitner Excellence Program shall help to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. The next Lise Meitner Excellence Programme call for proposals will take place between ...