Dianne Newman
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Dianne Newman | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Known for | microbiology |
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| Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Francois Morel |
| Website | dknweb |
Dianne Newman is a microbiologist, a professor of biology and geobiology at California Institute of Technology and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[1] Her research interests include Bioenergetics and cell biology of metabolically diverse, genetically-tractable bacteria. Her work deals with electron-transfer reactions that are part of the metabolism of micro-organisms.[2]
Early life and education
Dianne received her BA from Stanford University in 1993 and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1997. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School (1998–2000) and member of the faculty at the California Institute of Technology from 2000 to 2007.
Newman received her PhD under Francois Morel at MIT (and then Princeton), and did postdoctoral training under Roberto Kolter at Harvard Medical School.[3]
Newman started her laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences in 2000.
Career and Research
She was the Wilson Professor of Geobiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2007 to 2010, prior to returning to Caltech, where she is currently the Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology in the Divisions of Biology and Biological Engineering and Geological and Planetary Sciences. Newman's scientific articles have appeared in such journals as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Geobiology, Nature, and Science.
She is Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology, with a joint appointment between the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering and the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at California Institute of Technology.[4]
Awards and Recognition
- Fellow of MacArthur Fellows Program, 2016[5]
References
- ^ "Geobiologist Honored by National Academy of Sciences". Caltech. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Dianne K. Newman". Caltech. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "People | Morel Trace Metals Group". morel.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ Nadia Dreid, "15 Academics Are Among 23 Winners of 2016 MacArthur Fellowships" Chronicle of Higher Education Sept. 22, 2016. [1] Accessed Oct. 14, 2016.
- ^ "Dianne Newman". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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