# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vera-kistiakowsky
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:57:43.103Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vera-kistiakowsky"
name: "Vera Kistiakowsky"
slug: "vera-kistiakowsky"
description: "Vera Kistiakowsky was an American research physicist, teacher, and arms control activist. She was professor emerita at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the physics department and Laboratory for Nuclear Science, and was an activist for women's participation in the sciences. Kistiakowsky was an expert in experimental particle physics and observational astrophysics. Her hobbies included climbing mountains, and she liked to maintain an energetic and fit lifestyle. She was the first woman appointed MIT professor of physics in 1972."
tagline: "American physicist"
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birthDate: "1928-09-09"
deathDate: "2021-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump