Search Results
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Oral history interview with Peter Baumann
- 2009-Sep-09 – 2009-Sep-10
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Baumann, Peter, 1969-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Baumann, Peter, 1969-, Molecular biology, Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Great Britain), DNA repair, Telomerase, University of Colorado Boulder, Proteins, Herpetology
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6 items
Oral history interview with Gábor Somorjai
- 2014-Jan-30 – 2014-Jan-31
Gábor Somorjai was born in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II and lived a comfortable, integrated life until Anti-Semitic laws impacted the family. His paternal grandfather had converted to Judaism. His mother’s…
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3 items
Oral history interview with Barbara Panning
- 2008-Aug-27 – 2008-Aug-28
Barbara Panning was born in Switzerland, one of three children. The family moved to Toronto, Canada, when Barbara was a young child, but Barbara continued to summer in Switzerland. She had an idyllic childhood and…
- Interviewee Panning, Barbara, 1963-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Panning, Barbara, 1963-, Women in science, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Biochemists, X chromosome, Cytology, DNA--Research, Emigration and immigration
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7 items
Oral history interview with Nancy B. Jackson
- 2010-Sep-22
Nancy B. Jackson was born in Wisconsin, and her family moved a few times during her childhood. Jackson spent much of her teenage years in St. Louis, Missouri. Both of her parents were United Church of Christ ministers.…
- Interviewee Jackson, Nancy B.
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Jackson, Nancy B., Women in science, Sandia National Laboratories, Chemical engineering, American Chemical Society, Sex discrimination, Working mothers, United States. Department of State, Chemicals--Safety measures, American Indian Science and Engineering Society
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7 items
Oral history interview with Donna J. Nelson
- 2008-Jul-21 – 2008-Jul-22
Donna J. Nelson's oral history begins with a discussion of her childhood in Eufaula, Oklahoma—a small town with Native American influences that grew into a much larger town throughout her youth. Heavily influenced by…
- Interviewee Nelson, Donna J., 1969-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Webb-Halpern, Leah
- Subject Nelson, Donna J., 1969-, Chemistry, Women in chemistry, Sex discrimination, University of Texas at Austin, Purdue University, Brown, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1912-2004, University of Oklahoma, Minorities in science, Carbon nanotubes, Working mothers, Dewar, Michael James Steuart
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6 items
Oral history interview with Uma Chowdhry
- 2011-Aug-24 – 2011-Aug-25
Uma Chowdhry grew up in Bombay (later Mumbai), India, one of three children. She attended British missionary schools, which taught in English, and became interested in science in high school. Having obtained a…
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8 items
Oral history interview with Rolf Dessauer
- 2012-Aug-07 – 2012-Aug-08
- 2012-Oct-01
Rolf Dessauer was born in Nuremberg, Germany, one of two sons of a physician and a housewife. His family fled to the United States after Kristallnacht, eventually settling in Flushing, New York. After service in the US…
- Interviewee Dessauer, Rolf, 1926-
- Interviewer Hunter, Sarah L., 1985, Domush, Hilary
- Subject E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Chemists, Chemistry--Research, Chemistry, Technical, Research, Industrial, Photochemistry, Photopolymers--Industrial applications, Dessauer, Rolf, 1926-, Emigration and immigration
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7 items
Oral history interview with Christie G. Enke
- 2013-Apr-16 – 2013-Apr-17
Christie G. Enke was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1933. While attending high school, he worked as a stage manager and took electronics classes at Dunwoody Industrial Institute (now Dunwoody College of Technology).…
- Interviewee Enke, Christie G., 1933-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Hunter, Sarah L., 1985
- Subject Enke, Christie G., 1933-, Chemists, Mass spectrometry, Analytical chemistry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Mass spectrometers
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6 items
Oral history interview with L. Louis Hegedus
- 2013-Dec-05 (First session)
- 2013-Dec-06 (Second session)
L. Louis Hegedus grew up in Szolnok, Hungary. After completing the chemical engineering program of the Technical University of Budapest, he was recruited to work at the Research Institute for the Organic Chemical…
- Interviewee Hegedus, L. Louis, 1941-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Boytim, Jacqueline
- Subject Polyesters, General Motors Corporation, Elf Atochem, Automobiles--Catalytic converters, Catalyst poisoning, Chemistry, Organic, Hegedus, L. Louis, 1941-, Research Institute for the Organic Chemical Industry, Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft, Emigration and immigration
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4 items
Oral history interview with Enrique Iglesia
- 2014-Jan-27 – 2014-Jan-28
Enrique Iglesia was born in Havana, Cuba, one of two children. The family lived in Havana until Enrique was about fourteen years old; he was then approaching military age, at which time he would not be allowed to leave…
- Interviewee Iglesia, Enrique, 1954-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Iglesia, Enrique, 1954-, Revolution (Cuba : 1959), Catalysis, Exxon Corporation, University of California, Berkeley, Fischer-Tropsch process, Zeolites, Consultants, Chemical engineering, Chemical engineers, Emigration and immigration
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Oral history interview with John Kuriyan
- 2009-Apr-27
- 2009-Aug-04 – 2009-Aug-05
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Krause, James E., 1952-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Morrissette, Naomi
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Krause, James E., 1952-, Chemistry, Proteins--Structure, X-ray crystallography, Oxidative stress, University of California, Berkeley, Protein-tyrosine kinase, Rockefeller University, Epidermal growth factor
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Oral history interview with Timothy E. Holy
- 2009-Jul-08 – 2009-Jul-09
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Holy, Timothy Eric, 1969-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Holy, Timothy Eric, 1969-, Physics, String models, Neurosciences, Biophysics, Jacobson's organ, Olfactory receptors, Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.), Psychophysics, Mice as laboratory animals, Mice--Behavior
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Oral history interview with Michael B. Eisen
- 2009-Feb-06
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Eisen, Michael B., 1967-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Eisen, Michael B., 1967-, Biophysics, DNA microarrays, Crystallography, Gene expression, Genomics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Human Genome Project, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Oral history interview with Jeffery S. Cox
- 2008-Aug-04 – 2008-Aug-05
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Cox, Jeffery S., 1967-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Cox, Jeffery S., 1967-, Biochemistry, Yeast, Communicable diseases, Tuberculosis, Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Laboratories, Molecular genetics, Microbiology
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Oral history interview with Alan Aderem
- 1990-Jun-08
- 2009-Apr-08 – 2009-Apr-09
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Aderem, Alan, 1953-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Kohler, Robert, Morrissette, Naomi
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Aderem, Alan, 1953-, South Africa, Clinical biochemistry, Anti-apartheid movements, Immunology, University of Washington, Parasitic diseases, Vaccines
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Oral history interview with Wesley C. Van Voorhis
- 1990-Mar-06
- 2009-Apr-07 – 2009-Apr-08
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Van Voorhis, Wesley C.
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sawyer, Richard, Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Van Voorhis, Wesley C., Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology, Tropical medicine, Molecular parasitology, Communicable diseases, Developing countries
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Oral history interview with Catherine Hurt Middlecamp
- 2008-Dec-10 – 2008-Dec-11
Catherine Hurt Middlecamp was born in Queens, New York, though she grew up in Garden City, New York. Hers was a family of teachers and so Middlecamp wanted to be a teacher as well. She loved school, was active in many…
- Interviewee Middlecamp, Catherine Hurt, 1950-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Middlecamp, Catherine Hurt, 1950-, Women in science, Women chemists, Chemists, Women--Social conditions, Social justice, Minorities in science
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2 items
Oral history interview with Madeleine Jacobs
- 2009-May-28
Madeleine Jacobs grew up in Washington, D.C., the younger of two children. Her father was a musician, her mother a secretary. The television program Watch Mr. Wizard convinced her she wanted to be a scientist, in…
- Interviewee Jacobs, Madeleine, 1946-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Jacobs, Madeleine, 1946-, Chemistry, Women in chemistry, Draft, Sex discrimination, Journalism, Science writers, Smithsonian Institution, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), United States. National Bureau of Standards, American Chemical Society
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Oral history interview with Amy H. Newman
- 2009-Aug-25 – 2009-Aug-26
Amy Hauck Newman was raised in Buffalo, New York, one of two sisters. Her mother was an elementary school teacher; her father, a mechanical engineer. She enjoyed school from a young age and was interested in literature,…
- Interviewee Newman, Amy H., 1958-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Newman, Amy H., 1958-, Women in science, Receptor-ligand complexes, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), Pharmacology, Dopamine--Receptors, Cocaine
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Oral history interview with A. R. Ravishankara
- 2013-May-07
- 2013-May-09
A.R. Ravishankara was born in Shimoga, India, and grew up mostly in Mysore and Bangalore, India. His father was a farmer who died when A.R. was ten years old. Ravishankara attended a private school and graduated from…
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Oral history interview with Karin M. Reinisch
- 2008-Nov-10 – 2008-Nov-11
Karin M. Reinisch grew up in Massachusetts, one of two daughters. Her father was a physicist, a professor at University of Massachusetts; her mother was a housewife. Her parents were immigrants from Germany, and…
- Interviewee Reinisch, Karin M., 1966-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Reinisch, Karin M., 1966-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Cytology, Reoviruses
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2 items
Oral history interview with Christopher Rongo
- 2008-May-19 – 2005-May-20
Christopher Rongo was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, as an only child. Although science always interested him, he did not always have the determination to be a scientist. His undergraduate work at the University of…
- Interviewee Rongo, Christopher, 1968-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-, Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Rongo, Christopher, 1968-, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Neuroscientists, Nervous system--Research, Mitochondria
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Oral history interview with Marion C. Thurnauer
- 2010-Apr-07 – 2010-Apr-08
Marion C. Thurnauer was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and moved with her family to Minnesota when she was still young. Her father, a ceramic engineer, introduced her to rocks and minerals and encouraged her to follow…
- Interviewee Thurnauer, Marion C., 1945-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Thurnauer, Marion C., 1945-, Women in science, Women in chemistry, Electron paramagnetic resonance, Photosynthesis, Argonne National Laboratory
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Oral history interview with Chavela M. Carr
- 2008-Jun-16 – 2008-Jun-17
Chavela M. Carr grew up near Indianapolis, Indiana in a large family. From early childhood she was interested in school, finding the math-based sciences interesting. Due to a high school human genetics course, Carr…
- Interviewee Carr, Chavela M., 1965-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary, Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Carr, Chavela M., 1965-, Drosophila, Genetics, Biology, Protein-protein interactions, Yeast, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Women in science, Influenza viruses
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2 items
Oral history interview with Emma R. Parmee
- 2012-Jan-30 – 2012-Jan-31
Emma Parmee grew up in Keynsham, England, the youngest of four children. Her father was a banker, her mother a housewife. She had always liked math and science, but she also liked languages. She attended all-girls…
- Interviewee Parmee, Emma R., (Rachel), 1965-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Subject Parmee, Emma R., 1965-, Women in science, Medical scientists, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Drugs, Diabetes--Treatment