Elsa Reichmanis

{{short description|American chemist (born 1953)}}

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{{Infobox scientist

| name = Elsa Reichmanis

| image = File:Elsa Reichmanis ML40 portrait.tif

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|12|09}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia

| field = Chemical and biomolecular engineering

| work_institutions = Bell Labs; Lehigh University; Georgia Institute of Technology

| alma_mater = Syracuse University

| awards = Perkin Medal {{small|(2001)}}, ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science {{small|(1999)}}

}}

Elsa Reichmanis (born 9 December 1953 in Melbourne, Australia){{cite web|author=Center for Oral History| title= Elsa Reichmanis |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/oral-histories/reichmanis-elsa|website= Science History Institute }}{{cite book|first=David C. |last=Brock|title=Elsa Reichmanis, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by David C. Brock at Murray Hill, New Jersey on 1 August 2001 |date=1 August 2001 |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/sites/default/files/reichmanis_e_0222_suppl.pdf|place=Philadelphia, PA|publisher=Chemical Heritage Foundation }} is an American chemist, who was the 2003 president of the American Chemical Society. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1995 for the discovery, development, and engineering leadership of new families of lithographic materials and processes that enable VLSI manufacturing. She was also inducted into the National Academy of Inventors in 2020. She is currently the Anderson Endowed Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Lehigh University.{{Cite web|title=Groundbreaking Scholar Elsa Reichmanis to Join Faculty at Lehigh|url=https://www2.lehigh.edu/news/groundbreaking-scholar-elsa-reichmanis-to-join-faculty-at-lehigh|date=2019-11-07|website=Lehigh University|language=en|access-date=2020-05-30}} She previously served on the faculty at The Georgia Institute of Technology. Reichmanis is noted for her research into microlithography, and is credited for contributing to the "development of a fundamental molecular level understanding of how chemical structure affects materials function leading to new families of lithographic materials and processes that may enable advanced VLSI manufacturing".{{cite web|url=http://reichmanis.chbe.gatech.edu/reichmanis.html|title=Elsa Reichmanis|publisher=Elsa Reichmanis Research group|access-date=10 September 2015|archive-date=25 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225084626/http://reichmanis.chbe.gatech.edu/reichmanis.html|url-status=dead}}