Manfred Steiner (physician)

Manfred Steiner
Born(1931-11-23)November 23, 1931
Vienna, First Austrian Republic
DiedJanuary 7, 2023 (age 91)
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Hematologist, physicist
Scientific career
InstitutionsBrown Medical School

Manfred Steiner (November 23, 1931 - January 7, 2023) was an Austrian-born American hematologist and physicist who taught at Brown Medical School until 2000. He completed a Ph.D. in Physics at the age of 89 in September 2021.

Life

Steiner was born in Vienna on November 23, 1931. He earned a medical degree from the University of Vienna in 1955 and moved to Washington, D.C. to complete his initial training in internal medicine. Steiner studied hematology at Tufts University before earning a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967.[1]

Steiner moved to Rhode Island to teach at the Medical School of Brown University, where he was promoted to full professor in 1978.[2] Towards the end of his career, Steiner worked to establish a program in hematology at the University South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville. He retired from medicine in 2000.[3]

In September 2021, Steiner completed a Ph.D. in physics at Brown University; his dissertation was entitled Corrections to the Geometrical Interpretation of Bosonization. Steiner's doctoral advisor was Brad Marston [Wikidata].[4][5]

He died on January 7, 2023 at the age of 91. https://www.smith-masonfuneralhome.com/obituary/Manfred-Steiner

References

  1. ^ "Brown Physics Student Manfred Steiner Earns Ph.D. at Age 89". Brown University. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  2. ^ ""If you have a dream, follow it": Man earns Ph.D. in physics at 89". Newsweek. 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  3. ^ Chappell, Bill (2021-11-07). "He always wanted a Ph.D. in physics. He finally earned it at 89". NPR. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  4. ^ "He always wanted to be a physicist. At 89, he earned his doctorate from Brown". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  5. ^ "Man fulfills physicist dream, earns Ph.D. at 89". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-12-13.