Carol Fierke

Last updated
Carol Ann Fierke
Alma mater Brandeis University
Carleton College
Scientific career
Institutions Pennsylvania State University
University of Michigan
Brandeis University
Thesis Utilization of CoA binding energy for catalysis and effect of salts and buffers on a proton transfer reaction  (1984)

Carol A. Fierke is an American biochemist who is the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Brandeis University. Her research considers biological catalysts and understanding biofunction. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Contents

Early life and education

Fierke was an undergraduate student at Carleton College. She completed her doctoral research at Brandeis University, where she studied biocatalysts. [1] She then moved to Pennsylvania State University as a postdoctoral researcher.[ citation needed ]

Research and career

Fierke joined the faculty at Duke University.[ when? ][ citation needed ] She moved to the University of Michigan in 1999, and was made Chair of the Department of Chemistry in 2005. She was Head of department for ten years, after which she was made Vice Provost and Dean for Graduate Studies.[ citation needed ] Fierke joined Texas A&M University in 2017, and moved to Brandeis University as Executive Vice President and Provost in 2020. [2] [3] [4] She has dedicated her career to advocacy for researchers from historically excluded groups. [3]

Fierke's research sought to understand the mechanisms that are used by biological catalysts, enzymes. [5]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

Related Research Articles

Melanie Sarah Sanford is an American chemist, currently the Moses Gomberg Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. She is a Fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016. She has served as an executive editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society since 2021, having been an associate editor of the since 2014.

Dr. Simin Nikbin Meydani, D.V.M., Ph.D., is an Iranian-American Nutrition Scientist, Professor and the currently the Vice Provost of Research at Tufts University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Teri W. Odom</span> American chemist and materials scientist

Teri W. Odom is an American chemist and materials scientist. She is the chair of the chemistry department, the Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry, and a professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University. She is affiliated with the university's International Institute for Nanotechnology, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation, Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program, and department of applied physics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martha E. Pollack</span> American computer scientist

Martha Elizabeth Pollack is an American computer scientist who has served as the 14th president of Cornell University since April 2017. Previously, she served as the 14th provost and executive vice president for academic affairs of the University of Michigan from 2013 to 2017.

Cynthia Larive is an American scientist and academic administrator serving as the chancellor of University of California, Santa Cruz. Larive's research focuses on nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and mass spectrometry. She was previously a professor of chemistry and provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California, Riverside. She is a fellow of AAAS, IUPAC and ACS, associate editor for the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry and editor of the Analytical Sciences Digital Library.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lola Eniola-Adefeso</span> Nigerian-American chemical engineer

Omolola (Lola) Eniola-Adefeso is a Nigerian-American chemical engineer and the University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Macromolecular Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Eniola-Adefeso is also a co-founder and chief scientific officer of Asalyxa Bio. Her research looks to design biocompatible functional particles for targeted drug delivery.

Corinna S. Schindler is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. She develops catalytic reactions with environmentally benign metals such as iron, towards the synthesis of biologically active small molecules. For her research in the development of new catalysts, Schindler has been honored with several early-career researcher awards including the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship in 2016, the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in 2017, and being named a member of the C&EN Talented 12 in 2017. Schindler has served on the Editorial Board of Organic and Bimolecular Chemistry since 2018.

Suzanne A. Blum is an American professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. Blum works on mechanistic chemistry, most recently focusing on borylation reactions and the development of single-molecule and single-particle fluorescence microscopy to study organic chemistry and catalysis. She received the American Chemical Society's Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award in 2023.

Henriette D. Elvang is a Theoretical Particle Physicist and Professor at the University of Michigan. She works on quantum field theory and scattering processes.

Anna Kathryn Mapp is an American chemist and the Edwin Vedejs collegiate professor of Chemistry. In 2013, Mapp joined the Michigan Life Sciences Institute as a research professor. Mapp served as the Director of the Program in Chemical Biology at the University of Michigan until 2019 when she accepted a position as the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Initiatives at the University of Michigan Rackham graduate school.

Ka Yee Christina Lee is Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Chemistry University of Chicago. She works on membrane biophysics, including protein–lipid interactions, Alzheimer's disease and respiratory distress syndrome. She is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and American Physical Society.

Robert (Bob) Kennedy is an American chemist specializing in bioanalytical chemistry including liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, and microfluidics. He is currently the Hobart H. Willard Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and the chair of the department of chemistry at the University of Michigan. He holds joint appointments with the Department of Pharmacology and Department Macromolecular Science and Engineering. Kennedy is an Associate Editor of Analytical Chemistry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robin L. Garrell</span> American chemist

Robin L. Garrell is an American chemist, academic and current president of The Graduate Center, CUNY. Until 2020, Garrell served as vice provost for graduate education and dean of graduate division at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to this role, Garrell was assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh from 1984 to 1991, then joined the faculty in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at UCLA, where she became full professor and held a joint appointment in bioengineering. Garrell assumed her current position at The Graduate Center on August 1, 2020.

Stephanie Johnson Rowley is a developmental psychologist and academic administrator known for her work on racial identity and parental socialization of race and ethnicity. She is the dean of University of Virginia's Curry School of Education.

Aimée Classen is an American ecologist who studies the impact of global changes on a diverse array of terrestrial ecosystems. Her work is notable for its span across ecological scales and concepts, and the diversity of terrestrial ecosystems that it encompasses, including forests, meadows, bogs, and tropics in temperate and boreal climates.

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova is a French Canadian chemist who is a Professor and Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Kentucky. Her research considers the development of new molecules that can combat bacterial resistance.

Jennifer Ann Love is an American professor of chemistry at the University of Calgary. She is a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada.

Jennifer Schomaker is an American chemist who is a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research considers the total synthesis of natural and unnatural products. She was selected as an American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awardee in 2021.

Kerri Pratt is an American chemist who is associate professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan. Her research considers atmospheric chemistry and how it impacts human health. She studies the interactions of atmospheric gases using mass spectrometry based techniques.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Terri Goss Kinzy</span> American biochemist and academic administrator

Terri Goss Kinzy is an American biochemist, educator and academic administrator.

References

  1. ↑ "Utilization of CoA binding energy for catalysis and effect of salts and buffers on a proton transfer reaction from fumarase to solvent | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  2. ↑ Peshek, Sam (2017-06-19). "Texas A&M Names UM Scholar As Incoming Provost And Executive Vice President". Texas A&M Today. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  3. 1 2 "Carol Fierke named next Brandeis provost and executive vice president". BrandeisNOW. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  4. ↑ Clark, Caitlin (2020-11-30). "'Thank You, Provost Fierke'". Texas A&M Today. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  5. ↑ "Carol Fierke | U-M LSA Chemistry". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  6. ↑ "Fierke, Carol A." The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  7. ↑ "AAAS Fellow (Fierke, Carol)". scholars.library.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  8. ↑ "Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award | U-M Office of the Provost" . Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  9. ↑ "Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award » Rackham Graduate School: University of Michigan". Rackham Graduate School: University of Michigan. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  10. ↑ "LSA Chemistry Fall Newsletter" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity and Social Change". Center for the Education of Women | University of Michigan. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  12. ↑ "The Protein Society announces its 2014 award recipients". myUMBC. 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  13. ↑ "Fierke works as a catalyst for change". www.asbmb.org. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  14. ↑ "Provost Carol Fierke inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences". BrandeisNOW. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  15. ↑ "Dr. Carol Fierke". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. 2022-09-18. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.