Dora Altbir (born 21 February 1961) is a Chilean physicist in the field of nanoscience and

nanotechnology Nanotechnology, also shortened to nanotech, is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for industrial purposes. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal o ...

. She was awarded the

National Prize for Exact Sciences (Chile) The National Prize for Exact Sciences ( es, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas) was created in 1992 as one of the replacements for the National Prize for Sciences under Law 19169. The other two prizes in this same area are for Natural Sciences an ...

in 2019 for her work in the theoretical study of magnetic nanostructures. She is currently a professor at the University of Santiago, Chile. Altbir is director of the Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA) and director of the ''Dirección de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica'' (DICYT) at University of Santiago, Chile. She is a corresponding member of the Chilean Academy of Sciences.

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