Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff

Background

Fedoroff, Nina Vsevolod was born on April 9, 1942 in Cleveland. Daughter of Vsevolod N. and Olga S. (Snegireff) Stacy.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Syracuse University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Rockefeller U., 1972.

Career

Assistant manager translation bureau, Biological Abstracts, Philadelphia, 1962-1963; flutist, Syracuse (New York) Symphony Orchestra, 1964-1966; acting assistant professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1972-1974; postdoctoral fellow, University of California at Los Angeles and Carnegie Institute Washington, Los Angeles and Baltimore, 1974-1978; staff scientist, Carnegie Institute Washington, Baltimore, 1978-1995; director, biotechnological institute, Pennsylvania State University, since 1995; Willaman professor of life science, Pennsylvania State University, since 1995. Director Life Sciences Consortium, Pennsylvania State University, since 1996. Professor department biology John Hopkins University, 1979-1995.

Member development biology panel National Science Foundation, Washington, 1979-1980. Science advisory panel Office of Technology Assessment, Congress, Washington, 1979-1980. Recombinant DNA advising committee National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1980-1984;science advising committee Japanese Human Frontier Science, 1988.

Sci advising committee Competitive Research Grants Office, USDA. Member of commission on life science, basic biology board National Research Council, NAS, 1984-1990. Board directors Genetics Society American.

Member board overseers Harvard University, 1988-1991. Trustee BIOSIS, Philadelphia, 1990-1996. Member NAS Council, 1991-1994.

Director International Science Foundation, 1992-1993. Member of advisory committee Directorate for Biological Sciences, 1994-1997. Chairman, board directors Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, 1996.

Achievements

• Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff has been listed as a notable Research scientist, consultant, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, NAS (editor procs. since 1995), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa (visiting scholar 1984-1985), Sigma Xi (McGovern Science and Society medal 1997).

Interests

• Avocations: chamber music, gardening, skiing, tennis, flying.

Connections

Married T. Patrick Gaganidze, June 18, 1966 (divorced 1978). Children: Natasha, Kyr. Married M. Broyles, 1990 (divorced 1997).

Father:

Vsevolod N. Stacy

Mother:

Olga S. (Snegireff) Stacy

Spouse:

M. Broyles

Spouse:

T. Patrick Gaganidze

child:

Kyr Fedoroff

child:

Natasha Fedoroff