June Lorraine Matthews

June Lorraine Matthews is an American nuclear physicist.

Prof

June Lorraine Matthews
Born(1939-08-01)August 1, 1939
Parents
RelativesHarlow Shapley (grandfather), Martha Betz Shapley (grandmother), Willis Shapley (uncle), Lloyd Shapley (uncle)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsMIT
ThesisThe high energy nuclear photoeffect in light elements (1967)
Doctoral advisorWilliam Bertozzi
Doctoral studentsMarla Dowell

Career

June Lorraine Matthews was born August 1, 1939, to Mildred and Ralph Matthews and is the eldest granddaughter of Harlow Shapley.[1]

Matthews completed her undergraduate degree in Physics at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota in 1960 and her PhD in 1967, titled The high energy nuclear photoeffect in light elements.[2] She did postdoctoral fellowships at University of Glasgow, Scotland and Rutgers University, New Jersey. She became a member of staff at MIT in 1973. In 1984 she became a Fellow of the American Physical Society. From 1994 to 1998 she was Academic Officer in the Physics Department at MIT.[3] In 2000 she was made director of Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT.[4]

In 2021 she edited and released a memoir about her grandfather, Harlow Shapley, which had been written by her mother, Mildred Shapley Matthews.[1]

Selected publications

Papers
  • "A study of the Δ−-component of the wave function in light nuclei". Physics Letters B. 2001. arXiv:nucl-ex/9912004. doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01329-6.
  • "Differential cross section for neutron-proton bremsstrahlung". Phys. Rev. C. 2007. arXiv:nucl-ex/0701009. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.75.031001.
  • "Experimental Searches for Pre-Existing Delta Components in Nuclear Wave Functions". Proceedings of the Second workshop on Electronuclear Physics and Internal Targets and the BLAST Detector. 1999.

Books edited
  • Matthews, Mildred Shapley (2021). June Matthews, Thomas Bogdan (ed.). Shapley's round table : A memoir by the astronomer's daughter. ISBN 1098383567.[5]

References
  1. Matthews, Mildred Shapley (2021). June Matthews, Thomas Bogdan (ed.). Shapley's round table : A memoir by the astronomer's daughter. ISBN 1098383567.
  2. Mathews, June Lorraine (January 1, 1967). "High Energy Nuclear Photoeffect Light Elements" – via NASA ADS.
  3. "June Matthews PhD '67 » MIT Physics".
  4. "Matthews to support 'highest quality research' as head of LNS". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  5. Jay M. Pasachoff (January 25, 2022). "Shapley's Round Table: A Memoir by the Astronomer's Daughter". The Key Reporter.
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