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CASSANDRA L FRASER

Appointments

  • School of Architecture (2011)
  • Biomedical Engineering (2009)
  • Professor of Chemistry (2005)
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry (2001-05)
  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry (1995-01)

Education

  • NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology  (1993-5)  (Advisor: Prof. R. H. Grubbs)
  • Ph.D., The University of Chicago  (1993)  (Advisor: Prof. B. Bosnich)
  • M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University (1988)
  • B.A., Kalamazoo College (1984)

Honors

Research

  • Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency (2013)
  • Humboldt Foundation CONNECT Grant (2013)
  • Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (2012)
  • Radcliffe Fellow, Harvard University (2006-7)
  • 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2001)
  • DuPont Young Faculty Grant (1999)
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship (1999)
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (1999)
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award (1998)

National Service

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Policy Internship (2013)
  • ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Editorial Advisory Board (2008-12)
  • NIH Gene and Drug Delivery Study Section Member (2005-7)
  • Macromolecules Editorial Advisory Board (2003-5)
  • Named a National Associate of the National Academies (lifetime appointment for service to the nation) (2004)

Teaching and University Service

  • Global Health Faculty Fellow (2013)
  • University Academy of Teaching (2011)
  • Leadership in Academic Matters (2009)
  • ACS Green Chemistry Institute Sabbatical Fellowship (2007)
  • Cavaliers' Distinguished Teaching Professor (2004-6)
  • Recognized by the Lantern Society for women's leadership (2004)
  • Recognized by the P.U.M.P.K.I.N. Society for contributions to the university community (2003)
  • Mead Honored Faculty (2002-3)
  • University Teaching Fellow (2000-1)
  • Recognized by The Phives for "care, compassion, and dedication to teaching" (1998)

Interdisciplinary Projects

Business Ventures

  • Luminesco, Inc. (cofounder with Guoqing Zhang) (2010)