Joan Curran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joan Curran

Welsh physicist

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1916

Place of Birth: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 10-Feb-1999

Profession: scientist, engineer, physicist

Nationality: Wales, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Joan Elizabeth Curran (26 February 1916 – 10 February 1999) was a Welsh scientist who played important roles in the development of radar and the atomic bomb during the Second World War.
She invented chaff, a radar countermeasure technique credited with reducing losses among Allied bomber crews.
She also worked on the development of the proximity fuse and the electromagnetic isotope separation process for the atomic bomb.