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Her principal area of research has been the effect of hormones on male and female human brains during adult development and aging. In 2014 she admitted to irregularities in some of her publications . <ref> "U. Illinois chancellor earns mega-correction for duplicate publication" "Retraction Watch" Sept. 10 2014 </ref> | ||
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Phyllis M. Wise is chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Education
Wise received a Bachelor's degree in biology from Swarthmore College in 1967, an M.A. (1969) and then 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.
Starting in 2005, Wise served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Washington. Later, she briefly held the position of interim President there in 2010-11, becoming the first woman and Asian American to serve as President of the school. In 2011, Wise 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 on male and female human brains during adult development and aging. In 2014 she admitted to irregularities in some of her publications .
Administrative career
In 2014, she became involved in the controversy over the rescinded appointment of Steven Salaita
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. Swarthmore College has awarded her an honorary doctorate.
References
- Official University web site
- Biography at official university website
- Academic CV on University of Illinois website
- Tajika, Chinami (September 2, 2010), "Phyllis Wise, first Asian American president of the UW, maintains a passion for science", Northwest Asian Weekly
- "U. Illinois chancellor earns mega-correction for duplicate publication" "Retraction Watch" Sept. 10 2014
- Sydni Dunn "U. of Illinois Feels Backlash From Scholars Angered by Salaita Case" Chronicle of Higher Education , Aug. 23, 2014
- http://nike.q4web.com/Investors/Corporate-Governance/Board-of-Directors/default.aspx
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