Cynthia Roberta McIntyre
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Cynthia R. McIntyre | |
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| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | "New models of magnetic interactions for bound magnetic polarons in dilute magnetic semiconductors" (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter A. Wolff |
Dr. Cynthia R. McIntyre (born 1960) is a theoretical physicist and former Senior Vice President at the Council on Competitiveness. Her research focuses on the electronic and optical properties of semiconductor heterostructures.[1] She was the second Black woman to receive a PhD in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2]
Biography[edit]
McIntyre was born in 1960[1] grew up in San Antonio, Texas, the only child of two school teachers.[3] She received her PhD in physics in 1990 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990. Her research focus is condensed matter physics, and she completed a dissertation "New models of magnetic interactions for bound magnetic polarons in dilute magnetic semiconductors" advised by Peter A. Wolff.[4] When she was a graduate student, McIntyre co-founded the National Conference of Black Physics Students and organized the first NCBPS conference.[5] For this work, she became one of the first recipients of the MIT's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award in 1995.[3] She continues to be involved[6] in this organization.
McIntyre then went on to serve as the Commonwealth Professor of Physics at George Mason University.[7]
Career[edit]
- Chief of Staff to the President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1999–2007.
- Governing Board of the American Physical Society (1998-2000).
- Board of Trustees for Spelman College (2003-2009).
- External Advisory Committee of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University (2005 to present).
- Senior Vice President at the Council on Competitiveness
- She contributed to the development of policies aiding the use of high-performance computing (HPC) in the private sector for economic and competitive gains.
Awards[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Cynthia R. McIntyre - Physicist of the African Diaspora". www.math.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "Young, Gifted, and Black: Black Women at MIT (1994) | MIT Black History". www.blackhistory.mit.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ a b Tousignant, Marylou (1995-02-11). "HELPING BLACK STUDENTS PICTURE THEMSELVES AS PHYSICISTS". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ McIntyre, Cynthia R. "New models of magnetic interactions for bound magnetic polarons in dilute magnetic semiconductors". mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "Jackson to give keynote talk at student physics conference". MIT News. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ McIntyre, Dr Cynthia R. (2000-04-06). "Report of the 1997 National Conference of Black Physics Students". 1997 National Conference of Black Physics Students, Cambridge, MA (US), 02/26/1997. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Jackson to give keynote talk at student physics conference". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "Cynthia McIntyre". HPCwire. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Cynthia McIntyre".
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