Background
Olins, Ada Levy was born on March 5, 1938 in Tel-Aviv. Daughter of Fred Simon and Hilda Pauline (Jacobson) Levy. came to the United States, 1946.
Olins, Ada Levy was born on March 5, 1938 in Tel-Aviv. Daughter of Fred Simon and Hilda Pauline (Jacobson) Levy. came to the United States, 1946.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1960; AM, Harvard University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1965.
Postdoctoral fellow, Dartmouth Medical School, 1965-1967;
consultant biology division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1967-1977;
guest investigator, biophysics department, King's College, London, 1970-1971;
research associate, lecturer, U. Tennessee-Oak Ridge Graduate School of biomedical Sciences, 1975-1977;
research assistant professor, U. Tennessee-Oak Ridge Graduate School of biomedical Sciences, 1977-1980;
research associate professor, U. Tennessee-Oak Ridge Graduate School of biomedical Sciences, 1980-1982;
research professor, U. Tennessee-Oak Ridge Graduate School of biomedical Sciences, since 1982. Forscheimer visiting professor Hebrew U., 1994. Visiting professor German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, 1979-1980.
Visiting scientist Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1987, max Planck Institute, Goettingen, 1987. Honorary professor N.E. Normal U., China, 1988. Science Technology Engineering And Mathematics advising committee Brookhaven National laboratory, since 1995.
Member of advisory committee biological microscopy and image reconstruction resource, Albany, since 1996. Cell biology program review panel National Science Foundation, 1990-1995, oversight committee division ofcellular Biosciences, 1985. Faculty senate U. Tennessee.
Member American Society for Cell Biology (council 1984-1986, constitution and bylaws committee 1983-1986, chairperson 1985-1986, minority affairs committee 1985-1993, chairperson 1986, E.B. Wilson Award committee), Electron Microscop Society of America (program committee 1986).
Married Donald Edward olins, July 2, 1961. Children: Joshua Daniel, Barak Levi.