A Divinely Ordered Path

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Appendices

Editor’s Note

Between this chapter’s submission and the publication of this book, Dr. Renã Robinson has changed institutions. She is now an Associate Professor of Chemistry and the Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow at Vanderbilt University.

About the Author

Education and Professional Career

2000:

BS Chemistry with Business Concentration, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

2007:

PhD Analytical Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2007–2008:

Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

2008–2009:

UNCF/Merck Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

2009–2017:

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA

2011–2017:

Faculty Member of Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Center, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, PA

2015–2017:

Core Faculty Member of MD-PhD Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, PA

2017:

Associate Director of Outreach, Recruitment, and Education, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, PA

2017–present:

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Honors and Awards (Selected)

2017:

Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award

2016:

Women of Excellence Award, New Pittsburgh Courier

2016:

C&EN’s Talented 12, Chemical & Engineering News, American Chemical Society

2014:

Lloyd N. Ferguson Young Scientist Award, National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers

2012:

Keystone Conference Symposium Early Career Travel Award

2011:

American Society of Cell Biology Travel Award

2010:

Summer Research Internship Best Mentor Award, University of Pittsburgh EXCEL Program

2010:

Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Starter Grant Award

Renã is an active member of several organizations including the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, American Chemical Society, Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, Association of Merck Fellows, US Human Proteome Organization, and Women’s Chemist Committee. She also is a co-founder of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) local Pittsburgh student chapter and is a NOBCChE at-large board member.