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| Name | Ștefania Mărăcineanu |
| Birth | June 18, 1882 Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Death | August 15, 1944 (aged 62) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Alma Mater | University of Bucharest Radium Institute |
| Doctoral Advisor | Marie Curie |
Stefania Maracineanu – Short Biography
Ștefania Mărăcineanu was born on June 18, 1882 and was renowned for her impeccable electrometric measurements. It is well known that she collaborated with Marie Curie in research.
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Maracineanu was born in Romania’s capital Bucharest, but her childhood was described as unhappy. In 1910, she graduated from the University of Bucharest with a degree in physical and chemical sciences. She wrote her thesis about light interference and its application to wavelength measurement.
In the years following her graduation, Maracineanu taught in several Romanian cities at high schools. After the First World War, she went to Paris to further her studies. A pioneer of radioactivity, she studied radioactivity with Marie Curie in 1919 at the University of Paris (Sorbonne). After receiving her Ph.D. from the Radium Institute, she worked with Curie until 1926.
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The findings of Maracineanu’s half-life research on polonium served as the basis for the 1935 Nobel Prize awarded to Joliot-Curies for discovering artificial radioactivity. The discovery was made by Maracineanu first.
As well as investigating the connection between radioactivity and rainfall, Maracineanu also studied earthquakes and rainfall. Physicist Maracineanu passed away in 1944 due to cancer she acquired from radiation exposure.
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Stefania Maracineanu – FAQs
Stefania Maracineanu was a Romanian physicist who pioneered the discovery and research of radioactivity.
Marie Curie was the doctoral advisor to Stefania Maracineanu.
On June 18, 1882 Maracineanu was born in Bucharest, Romania.
She wrote her thesis about light interference and its application to wavelength measurement.
The findings of Maracineanu’s half-life research on polonium served as the basis for the 1935 Nobel Prize awarded to Joliot-Curies for discovering artificial radioactivity.