Melanie Becker
MAR 20, 2020
(12 August 1966 - 13 March 2020) The string theorist made contributions in M-theory, supersymmetry breaking, and inflation.
Melanie Becker, a professor of physics at Texas A&M University since 2005 and an expert in string theory, passed away on 13 March 2020 in College Station at the age of 53 after undergoing cancer treatment for nearly a year.
Melanie Becker (1966–2020).
Ryan Carmichael/Texas A&M Physics and Astronomy
Funeral services are set for 10:00am Thursday, 26 March, at Hillier Funeral Home of College Station (4080 State Highway 6 South, College Station, Texas 77845).
Contact: Shana K. Hutchins, (979) 862-1237, shutchins@science.tamu.edu
To read a full obituary: Texas A&M Mourns Loss of Physicist and String Theorist Melanie Becker ,
Texas A&M University, College of Science, 18 March 2020
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