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Angela Belcher

Angela M. Belcher is a materials scientist, biological engineer, and the James Mason Crafts Professor of Biological Engineering and Materials Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. She is director of the Biomolecular Materials Group at MIT, a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, and a 2004 MacArthur Fellow. In 2019, she was named head of the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Angela Belcher is the 855th most popular physicist, the 20,730th most popular biography from United States and the 206th most popular American Physicist.

Angela Belcher is most famous for her work in the field of materials science and nanotechnology, particularly for using biological processes to create new materials and devices. She is known for her research on viruses that can be engineered to produce nanomaterials for applications in energy and medicine.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Angela Belcher ranks 855 out of 851. Before her are Rabia Salihu Sa'id, Nergis Mavalvala, Philip Kim, Canan Dağdeviren, Jess Wade, and Michele Dougherty. After her are Joseph Weber.

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Rabia Salihu Sa'id
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 849
Nergis Mavalvala
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 850
Philip Kim
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 851
Canan Dağdeviren
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.47
Rank: 852
Jess Wade
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 853
Michele Dougherty
1962 - Present
HPI: 35.97
Rank: 854
Angela Belcher
HPI: 33.84
Rank: 855
Joseph Weber
2000 - 2000
HPI: 31.35
Rank: 856

In United States

Among people born in United States, Angela Belcher ranks 20,738 out of 20,380. Before her are Quentin Richardson (1980), Sada Jacobson (1983), Atle Lie McGrath (2000), Lucas Cruikshank (1993), Grayson Allen (1995), and Ventura Alvarado (1992). After her are Mac McClung (1999), Mike Birbiglia (1978), Raven Riley (1986), Will Barton (1991), Amy Barger (1971), and J'den Cox (1995).

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Quentin Richardson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 33.85
Rank: 20,732
Sada Jacobson
FENCER
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.85
Rank: 20,733
Atle Lie McGrath
SKIER
2000 - Present
HPI: 33.85
Rank: 20,734
Lucas Cruikshank
YOUTUBER
1993 - Present
HPI: 33.85
Rank: 20,735
Grayson Allen
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 33.85
Rank: 20,736
Ventura Alvarado
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.84
Rank: 20,737
Angela Belcher
PHYSICIST
HPI: 33.84
Rank: 20,738
Mac McClung
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 33.84
Rank: 20,739
Mike Birbiglia
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 33.83
Rank: 20,740
Raven Riley
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1986 - Present
HPI: 33.83
Rank: 20,741
Will Barton
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.82
Rank: 20,742
Amy Barger
ASTRONOMER
1971 - Present
HPI: 33.82
Rank: 20,743
J'den Cox
WRESTLER
1995 - Present
HPI: 33.82
Rank: 20,744