Dianne Newman

Dianne Newman
Nationality American
Institutions California Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor Francois Morel
Known for microbiology
Notable awards
Website
dknweb.caltech.edu/Newman_Lab.html

Dianne Newman is a microbiologist who was one of the recipients of the 2016 MacAuthor Fellowships. She is Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology, with a joint appointment between the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering and the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at California Institute of Technology.[1]

She received her B.A. degree at Stanford University and her Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her work deals with electron-transfer reactions that are part of the metabolism of micro-organisms. [2]

Career and Research

Newman received her PhD under Francois Morel at MIT (and then Princeton), and did postdoctoral training under Roberto Kolter at Harvard Medical School. [3]

Newman started her laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences in 2000.

References

  1. ↑ Nadia Dreid, "15 Academics Are Among 23 Winners of 2016 MacArthur Fellowships" Chronicle of Higher Education Sept. 22, 2016. Accessed Oct. 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ https://www.bbe.caltech.edu/content/dianne-k-newman
  3. ↑ "People | Morel Trace Metals Group". morel.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-15.


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