Edith Marie Flanigen

Born: 1929

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: White

D Youville College BA Chemistry 1950; Syracuse University M.S.Inorganic-Physical Chemistry 1952

Field of Study: Chemistry

Institution/Corporation: Union Carbide; Honeywell UOP

Degrees & Memberships: Honorary Degree: Syracuse University 2008

Awards: Perkin Medal (1992); Garvan–Olin Medal (1993); National Inventors Hall of Fame (2002); Lemelson–MIT Lifetime Achievement Award(2004); National Medal of Technology (2012); Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists (1991); Edith M. Flanigen Honeywell Invitational Lecture in Material Science series inaugurated 2012

Achievements: Known for her work on synthesis of emeralds used in Masers & jewelry & zeolites for molecular sieves at Union Carbide; 1973, 1st woman at Union Carbide to be named corporate research fellow & Senior corporate research fellow in 1982;while at Union Carbide & UOP invented over 200 different synthetic substances, authored or co-authored over 36 publications & was awarded over 109 patents; 1st female recipient of Perkin Award (1992); 2014, Edith Flanigen Award created by the Collaborative Research Center at Humboldt University of Berlin; her work with zeolite Y made oil refining more efficient, cleaner & safer; her work with molecular sieves led to innovative applications in water purification & environmental cleanup including decontaminating water at Japan s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant; developed a hydrothermal emeral synthesis process & pioneered the use of mid-infrared spectroscopy for analyzing zeolite structures