Myriam Sarachik

Myriam Sarachik
Sarachik in 2019
Born	Myriam Paula Morgenstein (1933-08-08)August 8, 1933 Antwerp, Belgium
Died	October 7, 2021(2021-10-07) (aged 88) Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Columbia University (M.S., 1957; Ph.D, 1960, physics) Barnard College (B.A., 1954, physics)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	City College of New York
Thesis	Penetration of magnetic fields through superconducting lead films (1960)
Doctoral advisor	Richard Garwin

Myriam Paula Sarachik (August 8, 1933 – October 7, 2021) was a Belgian-born American experimental physicist who specialized in low-temperature solid state physics. From 1996, she was a distinguished professor of physics at the City College of New York. She is known for the first experimental confirmation of the Kondo effect in the 1960s.