Nina Vsevolod Federoff
Personal Information
Born: 1942
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Syracuse University BS Biology & Chemistry 1966; The Rockefeller University PhD Molecular Biology 1972
Professional Life
Field of Study: Molecular Biology
Institution/Corporation: Carnegie Institue of Washington
Degrees & Memberships: Member: US National Academy of Sciences (1990), American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1989), European Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Microbiology, National Science Board (2001), American Association for the Advancement of Science (President 2011-12)
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2007, National Medal of Science; 1990, Howard Taylor Ricketts Award, University of Chicago; 1992, NY Academy of Sciences Outstanding Contemporary Woman Scientist Award; 1997, John P. McGovern Science & Society Medal, Sigma Xi; 2003, George Arents Pioneer Medal, Syracuse University
Achievements: did research into nuclear DNA, pioneered DNA sequencing & worked out the nucleotide sequence of the 1st complete gene; worked on the molecular characterization of maize transposable elements or jumping genes; founded & directed the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Pennsylvania State University & in 2002 was appointed Evan Pugh Professor; researched genetically modified plants
• 1) Nina Vsevolod Federoff
Originally intended to study music
Worked on developmental biology & pioneered DNA sequencing, working out the nucleotide sequence of the 1st complete gene
Raised 3 daughters as a single mother
Her 1st language was Russian
Founder & Director of the Huck Institute of the Life Sciences at Penn State University
Holds 1 patent