Mary Lou Guerinot
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Mary Lou Guerinot is an American molecular geneticist who works as Ronald and Deborah Harris Professor in the Sciences at Dartmouth College. Her research concerns the cellular uptake and regulation of metal ions.[1]
Biography
Guerinot was born and grew up in Rochester, New York. She graduated from Cornell University in 1975, and earned her Ph.D. in 1979 from Dalhousie University under the supervision of David G. Patriquin. After postdoctoral research at the University of Maryland and Michigan State University, she joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1985. In 1994, Guerinot became the first women to chair a science department at Dartmouth when she was appointed the chair Department of Biological Sciences.[2] She became the Harris Professor in 2005.[3]
She became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2007, and of the American Society of Plant Biologists in 2009.[3] In 2016, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[4]
References
- ^ Faculty profile, Dartmouth College, retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ Viegas, Jennifer (2020-01-13). "Profile of Mary Lou Guerinot". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (3): 1246–1248. doi:10.1073/pnas.1921933117. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6983368. PMID 31932429.
- ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected, News from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, May 3, 2016, retrieved 2016-05-14.
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