Dora Altbir

{{short description|Chilean physicist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Dora Altbir

| birth_date = 21 February 1961

| nationality = Chilean

| workplaces = {{Unbulleted list | Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology |Dirección de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica}}

| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list |Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |University of Santiago, Chile}}

| known_for = {{longitem|Theoretical study of magnetic nanostructures}}

}}

Dora Altbir (born 21 February 1961){{Cite web|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/dia/2019/08/27/dora-altbir-recibe-el-premio-nacional-de-ciencias-exactas-2019/|title=Dora Altbir recibe el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas 2019|last=El Mostrador Cultura|date=2019-08-27|website=El Mostrador|language=es|access-date=2019-10-08}} is a Chilean physicist in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. She was awarded the National Prize for Exact Sciences (Chile) in 2019 for her work in the theoretical study of magnetic nanostructures.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mineduc.cl/2019/08/27/dora-altbir-premio-nacional-de-ciencias-exactas-2019/|title=Dora Altbir Drullinsky Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas 2019|date=2019-08-27|website=Ministerio de educación|access-date=2019-10-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922203821/https://www.mineduc.cl/2019/08/27/dora-altbir-premio-nacional-de-ciencias-exactas-2019/|archive-date=2019-09-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://investigadores.conicyt.cl/es/public_search/researcher?id=9662|title=Dora Rosa Altbir Drullinsky|website=investigadores.conicyt.cl|access-date=2019-10-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/dora-altbir-drullinsky-premio-nacional-de-ciencias-exactas-2019-quien-es_20190827/|title=Doctora en física Dora Altbir Drullinsky recibe el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas 2019|last=Chile|first=C. N. N.|website=CNN Chile|language=es|access-date=2019-10-08}} She is currently a professor at the University of Santiago, Chile.

Altbir is director of the Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA) and director of the Dirección de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (DICYT) at University of Santiago, Chile. She is a corresponding member of the Chilean Academy of Sciences.{{Cite web|url=https://www.academiadeciencias.cl/dra-altbir-miembro-correspondiente-de-la-academia-recibio-premio-nacional-de-ciencias-exactas/|title=Dra. Dora Altbir, miembro correspondiente de la Academia, recibió Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas|language=es|access-date=2019-10-09|date=2019-08-28}}