Bice Sechi-Zorn | |
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| Born | 1928 |
| Died | 1984 |
| Alma mater | University of Cagliari |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Maryland |
Bice Sechi-Zorn (1928, 10 December 1984, Hamburg [1] ) was an Italian/American nuclear physicist, and professor at the University of Maryland.
She graduated from University of Cagliari. She met her husband, Gus T. Zorn, at the University of Padua. [2] They both worked at the University of Maryland. [3] She was a Professor of Physics beginning from 1976 to 1984. [4]
A Gus T. Zorn and Bice Sechi-Zorn Professorship in Experimental Physics is named for her. [5]
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