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Karen L. Wooley
Washington University
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Karen L. Wooley received a Bachelors of Science degree
in Chemistry from Oregon State University in 1988
and then studied under the direction of Professor
Jean M. J. Fréchet at Cornell University, obtaining
a Ph.D. in polymer/organic chemistry in 1993. She
then began an academic career as an Assistant Professor
of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis,
Missouri, and was promoted in 1999 to Full Professor
with tenure. Since 1996, Karen has also held an appointment
in the Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences,
Bioorganic Chemistry Program. Research interests include
the synthesis and characterization of degradable polymers,
unique macromolecular architectures and complex polymer
assemblies, for which she has received young investigator
awards from the National Science Foundation (1994-99),
the Army Research Office (1996-99), the Office of
Naval Research (1998-01), and she was named as a DuPont
Young Professor (1996-99) and an American Chemical
Society Arthur C. Cope Scholar (2002). Karen currently
serves the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry as the
Publications Chair and as an Alternate Councilor.
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