Alice E. White

Alice Elizabeth White is an American physicist. She is a professor and chair at the Boston University College of Engineering. Previously, she was Chief Scientist at Bell Labs. Her parents helped to foster her interest in science and mathematics. Her PhD thesis, completed in 1982, was entitled Resistance rise in ultrathin metallic wires at low temperatures. She was mentored by Doug Osheroff of Bell Labs during her time at Harvard. She is a professor of mechanical engineering, materials science, biomedical engineering, and physics. She is also affiliated with Boston University's Photonics and Nanotechnology centers. One potential application of her research is in creating biomedical structures to repair tissues after a heart attack. She uses 3D printing technology to create micromechanical structures. In 2014, she established the Multiscale Laser Lithography Lab at Boston University.

White and her team worked on 3D printing nasal swab components in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

She became a Councilor-at-Large for the APS in 1993 and was a founding member of the Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics. In 2001, she was chair of the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics. She is a mentor for the Bell Labs Graduate Research Program for Women, and gives physics talks at elementary schools. 2011 IEEE Fellow for "leadership in development and commercialization of integrated silicon optical components for communication networks". 2001 Bell Labs Fellow for "developing and applying novel integrated photonic device technologies in advanced optical networks". 1994 Alumni Achievement Award from Middlebury College. 1991 Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award from the APS.

Personal life White married another Bell Labs scientist and has two children. She enjoys skiing and cycling.