Sameera Moussa
MAR 03, 2015
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.030909
It’s the birthday of Sameera Moussa, who was born in 1917 in Gharbia, Egypt. A talented student, Moussa enrolled at Cairo University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and went on to become the first woman to hold a teaching post there. For her PhD, also at Cairo University, she studied how various materials absorb x rays. Moussa became an active member in the international movement to harness radiation for peaceful purposes, especially in medicine. She died at the age of 35 in an automobile accident during a visit to California.
Date in History: 3 March 1917
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