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Phyllis M. Wise is chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Education
Wise received a Bachelors Degree in biology from Swarthmore College in 1967, a M.A. a (a969) and then and a doctorate (1972) in zoology from the University of Michigan. She was a postdoctoral fellow there from 1972–74.
Career
In 1976, she was appointed Assistant Professor of physiology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore,rising to the rank of to full professor. In 1973 she was appointed professor of physiology and chair of the department at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. In 2002, she became Dean of the College of Biological Sciences at University of California-Davis, holding also the rank of Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior in its College of Biological Sciences) and of Professor Physiology and Membrane Biology in its School of Medicine. In 2004, Provost and Executive Vice President at University of Washington, briefly holding the position of interim President there in 2010-11. In 2011, She was appointed Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the chief executive officer for the campus.
Research
Her principal area of research has been the effect of hormones onmale and femal human brains dutring adult development and aging.
Administrative career
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Memberships and Honors
She is a member of the Institute of Medicine, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Nike. Swathrmore Colege has awarded her an honorary doctorate.
References
- Official University web site
- Biography at official university website
- Academic CV on University of Illinois website
- http://nike.q4web.com/Investors/Corporate-Governance/Board-of-Directors/default.aspx
External links
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