Elizabeth Jean Luna

Background

Luna, Elizabeth Jean was born on October 18, 1951 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States.

Education

Bachelor with highest honors, Southern Illinois University, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Stanford University, 1977.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow department cell and molecular biology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977-1981. Assistant professor department biology Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1981-1988. Senior scientist Cell Biology group Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1988-1993.

Principal scientist, 1993-1997. Associate professor department cell biology University Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 1989-1994. Professor department cell biology, since 1994.

Member advisory committee on personnel for research-B, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, 1989-1993. Member National Institutes of Health Cell Biological Physiological I Study Section, 1996-1999.

Achievements

• Achievements include research on cytoskeleton-membrane interactions.

Works

• Other Work

  • Member editorial board Journal Cell Biology, 1990-1993, Cell Motility and Cytoskeleton, since 1994. Associate editor Journal Cellular Biochemistry, since 1994.

Membership

Member professional advising committee March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Center New Jersey chapter, 1983-1988. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Society for Cell Biology, American Women in Science, Biophysics Society, Protein Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Daughter of William Marion and Frieda L (Phillis) Luna. Married Alonzo H. Ross, June 24, 1974.

Father:

William Marion Luna

Mother:

Frieda Luna

Spouse:

Alonzo H. Ross