Nina Fedoroff
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| Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff | |
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| Born | 1942 |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Biology |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University, The Rockefeller University |
Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff (born 1942) is an American professor known for her research in life sciences and biotechnology. She is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), an Evan Pugh Professor of Pennsylvania State University, and a member of the external faculty of the Santa Fe Institute. Professor Fedoroff is currently the President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an elected position she will hold through 2012.[1] She received in 2006 the National Medal of Science in the field of Biological Sciences, the highest award for lifetime achievement in scientific research in the United States.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she graduated summa cum laude in 1966 from Syracuse University with a dual major in biology and chemistry.[2] She received her PhD in 1972 from The Rockefeller University. Fedoroff has been honored with the Howard Taylor Ricketts Award from University of Chicago in 1990. In 1997 Fedoroff received the John P. McGovern Science and Society Medal from Sigma Xi. Fedoroff arrived at Penn State in 1995 and founded and directed the organization now known as the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. In 2002, she was appointed an Evan Pugh professor, the university's highest academic honor. She currently holds the Verne M. Willaman chair of Life Sciences.
President George W. Bush appointed Fedoroff to the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation, in 2001. The foundation administers the science awards, established by Congress in 1959. She was awarded in 2003 Syracuse University's George Arents Pioneer medal. Dr. Fedoroff was Science and Technology Adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from 2007 to 2010.
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[edit] Bibliography
- Nina Fedoroff, Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Foods, National Academy Press, 2004, ISBN 0309092051[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Nina Fedoroff: 21st-Century Challenges Require Global Focus by Scientists". Science 331 (6016): 422–425. 28 January 2011. doi:10.1126/science.331.6016.422.
- ^ "Faculty staff Newsletter". 2003-12. http://www.psu.edu/dept/fsc/Newsletter/newsletter_2003/dec_2003.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-18.[dead link]
- ^ "Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Foods". http://www.amazon.com/Mendel-Kitchen-Scientists-Genetically-Modified/dp/0309092051. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
[edit] External links
- The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Nina Fedoroff, Faculty directory Pennsylvania State University
- Faces of Penn State
- American academics
- Living people
- 1942 births
- Fayetteville-Manlius High School alumni
- Syracuse University alumni
- Rockefeller University alumni
- Pennsylvania State University faculty
- National Science Foundation
- People from Cleveland, Ohio
- American geneticists
- National Medal of Science laureates
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
