Background
Thompson, Nancy Lynn was born on September 28, 1956 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Fred Leonard and Lena Verne (Miller) Thompson.
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Nancy Lynn Thompson, American Chemist. Recipient Presidential Young Investigator award National Science Foundation, 1986, Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar award, 1990, Hettleman prize U. North Carolina, 1991, Alumni Excellence award Guilford College, 1991, Faculty award for Women Scientists, National Science Foundation, 1991; Charles Dana fellow, 1976-1977, Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Fund fellow, 1982-1985.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Mathematics, Guilford College, 1977; Master of Science in Physics, University of Michigan, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of Michigan, 1982.
Career
Postdoctoral research associate chemistry department, Stanford (California) U., 1982-1985; assistant professor of chemistry, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1985-1990; associate professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1990-1993; Francis Stuart Chapin professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1993. Member biomedical research technical review committee National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1987-1991.
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Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Biophysics Society (Margaret Oakley Dayhoff award 1989), American Physical Society, American Chemical Society.
