Luz Martinez-Miranda
Luz Martinez-Miranda  | |
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| Born | |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico Massachusetts Institute of Technology  | 
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Liquid crystals | 
| Institutions | University of Maryland | 
| Thesis | Crossover Behavior and Fluctuations in the Vicinity of a Liquid Crystal Multicritical Point | 
| Doctoral advisor | Robert J. Birgeneau | 
| Doctoral students | Elisabeth Smela | 
Luz Josefina Martinez-Miranda is an American-Puerto Rican physicist. She is currently an associate professor in the College of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Maryland. Martinez-Miranda is an APS Fellow and was the first female president of the National Society of Hispanic Physicists.