Geraldine L. Richmond: advisors and students

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Geraldine L. Richmond

American chemist and physicistborn 1953

Wikidata names George C. Pimentel as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 3 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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George C. Pimentel

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataGeorge C. Pimentel
2 steps up
stated by WikidataKenneth Pitzer
3 steps up
stated by WikidataWendell Mitchell Latimer
4 steps up
stated by WikidataGeorge Ernest Gibson

Education and career4

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until 1975
Kansas State University
studied
until 1980
University of California, Berkeley
studied
1980 to 1985
Bryn Mawr College
worked
from 1985
University of Oregon
worked

At a glance

known as: chemist, physicist, university teacher, science writer, academic
fields: physical chemistry, environmental chemistry, optics
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy
awards: National Medal of Science, 2013, Garvan–Olin Medal, 1996, Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award, 1993, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics, 2013, Priestley Medal, 2018, Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, 1997, Guggenheim Fellowship, Linus Pauling Award, 2018, Charles Lathrop Parsons Award, 2013, ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, 2005, Othmer Gold Medal, 2023, Dickson Prize in Science, 2019, Coblentz Award, 1989, Joel Henry Hildebrand Award, 2011, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences
Wikipedia: in 14 languages

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaGeraldine L. Richmond
stated by WikidataWikidataQ15434945
stated by WikidataORCID0000-0003-0876-5262
stated by WikidataVIAF178528942
stated by WikidataISNI0000000139251200

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Geraldine L. Richmond: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q15434945},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Geraldine L. Richmond: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q15434945