Margaret Mary Murnane

Background

Murnane, Margaret Mary was born on January 23, 1959 in Limerick, Ireland. Daughter of Matthew and Helen (Bourke) Murnane.

Education

Master of Science, U. College Cork, Ireland, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1989.

Career

Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, Berkeley, 1990; assistant professor, Washington State University, Pullman, 1990-1995; associate professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1995.

Achievements

• Margaret Mary Murnane has been listed as a noteworthy Engineering and physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physical Society (Simon Ramo award 1990, Maria Goeppert-Mayer award 1997), Optical Society American, Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Association for Women in Science.

Connections

Married Henry Cornelius Kapteyn, March 26, 1987.

Father:

Matthew Murnane

Mother:

Helen (Bourke) Murnane

Spouse:

Henry Cornelius Kapteyn