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American mechanical engineer
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Lisa Anne Pruitt (born April 2, 1966) is an American mechanical engineer known for her research on orthopedic biomaterials and medical polymers.

Early life and education

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Pruitt double-majored in Materials Engineering and Chemical and Ocean Engineering at the University of Rhode Island, earning two bachelor's degrees in 1988. She earned her master's and PhD degrees from Brown University in 1990 and 1993 respectively.

Career and research

She began her career at the University of California, Berkeley in 1993 as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering; she was appointed a chancellor’s professor in 2004 and Lawrence Talbot Chair in engineering in 2007. In addition to her position as professor of mechanical engineering, she is also a professor of bioengineering at UC Berkeley and an adjunct professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.

Honors and awards

Notable awards include

References

  1. ^ "Lisa Anne Pruitt". The Complete Marquis Who's Who Biographies. 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2019 – via Nexis Uni.
  2. ^ "PruittCV" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  3. "ME Professor Lisa Pruitt wins 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award". 15 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  4. https://anitaborg.org/profiles/abie-award-winners/lisa-pruitt/
  5. "ABIE Awards - Anita Borg Institute". Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
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