Mary Alberg (née Mary Ann Johnke) is an American physicist specializing in the theory of

nuclear physics Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter. Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies th ...

. She is a

professor emerita ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retirement, retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". ...

Seattle University Seattle University (Seattle U or SU) is a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the largest independent university in the Northwestern United States, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and grad ...

Education and career

Alberg graduated from

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a Private university, private Women's colleges in the United States, historically women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henr ...

in 1963, with a bachelor's degree in physics. After working for the

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from 1963 to 1967, she continued her studies at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

, where she received a master's degree in 1970 and completed her Ph.D. in 1974. Her doctoral dissertation was ''Kaon-Nucleus Optical-Potential for Kaonic Atoms''. Alberg joined the Seattle University faculty as a lecturer in 1978. She became an assistant professor in 1979, an associate professor in 1983, and a full professor in 1992. She chaired the physics department from 1990 to 1995, and was named Arline Bannan Chair of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in 2000. She retired from Seattle University and was named as a professor emerita in 2021. She was a cofounder of the Northwest Section of the

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(APS), in 1998.

Recognition

Alberg was elected as a

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in 2014, after a nomination from the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, "for seminal contributions to understanding the sea of the nucleon and other baryons and her extraordinary service to the physics community".

Personal life

Alberg married

Tom Alberg Thomas Austin Alberg (February 12, 1940 – August 5, 2022) was an American lawyer and businessman, founder and managing partner of the venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group, and a director of Amazon.com from 1996 to 2019. In addition to ...

, a lawyer and businessman, in 1963. They had three children before divorcing in 1989.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alberg, Mary Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American nuclear physicists American women physicists Women nuclear physicists Wellesley College alumni University of Washington alumni Seattle University faculty Fellows of the American Physical Society