Intriligator, Devrie S.
Oral history interview with Devrie Intriligator, 2020 October 30.
In this interview, Devrie Intriligator, Senior Research Physicist at the Carmel Research Center Incorporated discusses her work in plasma physics and space weather. She discusses her experiences dealing with sexism as an undergraduate student pursuing physics in the late 1950s and its frequent reappearance throughout her career. Intriligator details her time working under Bruno Rossi at MIT on the study of cosmic rays and her work attempting to build a plasma analyzer with Gene Parker. She describes her first postgraduate job at NASA Ames working with a plasma analyzer, as well discovering the length of the magnetic field of the Earths tail. She discusses her time at the Carmel Research Center and her efforts to attain the Voyagers and the subsequent research conducted on them during her time there. Intriligator reflects upon the Cold War and having Roald Sagdeev visit the Carmel Research Center and his eventual collaborative relationship with the Center. Lastly, she discusses how the field of space plasma physics has evolved over time, as well as the interplay between space plasma physics and space weather.
American physicist. Ph.D. planetary and space physics, University of California, Los Angeles. Professional achievements include: First woman to chair the NAS-NRC Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research; Recipient, Resolution of Commendation, California Assembly; Recipient, Woman of the Year, Santa Monica Bay Area; Recipient, two NASA Public Service Group Achievement Awards; Recipient, Karl Taylor Compton Prize; MIT Member, Sigma Pi Sigma, Physics Honor Society; Member of the Cosmos Club.
Intriligator, Devrie S.
MacDonald, Gordon J. (Gordon James), 1929-2002
Rossi, Bruno Benedetto, 1905-
Sagdeev, R. Z.
Wolfe, John, 1933-
Ames Research Center
Case Western Reserve University. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Cold War
Cosmic rays
Plasma physics.
Space environment.
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Carmel Research Center
Zierler, David, 1979-, interviewer.
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American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA