# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patricia-a-thiel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:22:58.249Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patricia-a-thiel"
name: "Patricia A. Thiel"
slug: "patricia-a-thiel"
description: "Patricia Ann Thiel was an American chemist and materials scientist who served as a distinguished professor of chemistry at Iowa State University. She was known for her research on atomic-scale structures and processes on solid surfaces."
tagline: "American chemist (1953–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patricia_Thiel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1953"
deathDate: "2020-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.74
  momentum:             1.333333333333333
  historical:           4.804896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Thiel"
    title: "Patricia Thiel"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Thiel"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump