Biography:Nancy Goroff
Nancy Goroff | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Nancy Sarah Goroff February 18, 1968 Chicago , Illinois U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Harvard University (BS) University of California, Los Angeles (MS, PhD) |
| Awards | NSF CAREER Award (2000) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Thesis | Cyclocarbons, Fullerenes, and Polyyne Rods: An Investigation of the Chemistry of All-Carbon and Carbon-Rich Molecules (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | Orville Chapman François Diederich |
Nancy Sarah Goroff (born February 18, 1968) is an American organic chemist who formerly served as chair of the chemistry department at Stony Brook University.[1] Her research investigates conjugated organic molecules, including polymers, halocarbons and buckyballs. During the 2020 United States elections Goroff ran to represent New York's 1st congressional district, and was defeated by the incumbent, Lee Zeldin.
Early life and education
Goroff studied chemistry at Harvard University. She moved to the West Coast for her graduate studies, where she joined University of California, Los Angeles, and worked under the supervision of Orville L. Chapman ({{{2}}}) and François Diederich.[2]
Scientific career
Goroff was an National Science Foundation (NSF) postdoctoral fellow at the Michigan State University, where she worked in the laboratory of James (Ned) Jackson.[3][4] At MSU she worked on the synthesis and study of carbenes, as well as on chemical education with Brian Coppola.[2]
In 1997 Goroff joined the faculty of Stony Brook University.[5] The Goroff laboratory designs conjugated organic molecules, including polymers, halocarbons and buckybelts. Among these, Goroff is interested in organoiodine compounds (including iodoalkynes) and halogenated cumulenes. She has investigated the chemical, material and photophysical properties of poly(diiododiacetylene), a polymer known as PIDA. Goroff has shown that suspending solutions of PIDA in pyrrolidine results in the formation of a highly conductive material.[5] Conjugated molecular belts, where the deconjugated π-system is shaped into a cylinder. The belts are not dissimilar to buckminsterfullerene, a spherical carbon allotrope, but has open edges that can be functionalised further. These belts have potential for nanoscale switches.[5]
In 2013 Goroff was appointed the Associate Provost for the Integration of Research at Stony Brook University.[6]
Goroff is a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists.[7]
Political career
In 2020 Goroff ran for the 2020 United States House of Representatives, going on leave from her faculty position at Stony Brook University.[7] On June 23 she won the Democratic primary, with 36.1 percent of the vote, finishing ahead of 2018 nominee Perry Gershon. In November, she faced incumbent Lee Zeldin in the general election, losing by 9.8%.[8] If elected, Goroff would have been the first woman scientist with a PhD to be elected to Congress.[3]
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Nancy Goroff | 17,970 | 36.1 | |
| Democratic | Perry Gershon | 17,303 | 34.8 | |
| Democratic | Bridget Fleming | 13,718 | 27.6 | |
| Democratic | Gregory-John Fischer | 775 | 1.5 | |
| Total votes | 49,766 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Lee Zeldin | 180,855 | 48.2 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party of New York State/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | [[Conservative Party of New York State|Template:Conservative Party of New York State/meta/shortname]] | Lee Zeldin | 21,611 | 5.8 |
| style="background-color: Template:Independence Party of New York/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | [[Independence Party of New York|Template:Independence Party of New York/meta/shortname]] | Lee Zeldin | 3,249 | 0.9 |
| Democratic | Nancy Goroff | 160,978 | 42.9 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Working Families Party/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | [[Working Families Party|Template:Working Families Party/meta/shortname]] | Nancy Goroff | 8,316 | 2.2 |
| Total votes | 375,009 | 100.0 | ||
Awards and honors
- 2000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award[9]
- 2003 Thieme Award[10]
- 2011 Stony Brook University Award for Excellence in Service[6]
- 2013 American Chemical Society Award for Creative Research and Applications of Iodine Chemistry[11]
Selected publications
- Sun, Aiwu; Lauher, Joseph W.; Goroff, Nancy S. (2006-05-19). "Preparation of Poly(diiododiacetylene), an Ordered Conjugated Polymer of Carbon and Iodine" (in en). Science 312 (5776): 1030–1034. doi:10.1126/science.1124621. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 16709780. Bibcode: 2006Sci...312.1030S. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1124621.
- Kishimoto, Haruo; Yoshinaga, Masashi; Yamaji, Katsuhiko; Brito, Manuel; Horita, Teruhisa; Yokokawa, Harumi (2009). "Phase Transformation of ScSZ by Reduction of NiO-ScSZ Mixture". ECS Meeting Abstracts (12): 1405. doi:10.1149/ma2009-02/12/1405. ISSN 2151-2043.
- Goroff, Nancy S. (1996-02-13). "Mechanism of Fullerene Formation". Accounts of Chemical Research 29 (2): 77–83. doi:10.1021/ar950162d. ISSN 0001-4842. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ar950162d.
References
- ↑ Nancy Goroff publications from Europe PubMed Central
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Confirmed Invited Speakers › Women for Women" (in en-US). https://www.w4w.nat.fau.eu/invited-speakers/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Professor Nancy Goroff, former member of the Jackson Group, is Congress' first female scientist with a PhD." (in en). https://www.chemistry.msu.edu/news/professor-nancy-goroff-former-member-of-the-jackson-group-is-hoping-to-be-congress-first-female-scientist-with-a-phd/.
- ↑ "Nancy S. Goroff receives award" (in en). https://www.chemistry.msu.edu/news/nancy-s-goroff-receives-award/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Nancy Goroff | Chemistry" (in en). Stony Brook University. https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/chemistry/faculty/_faculty-profiles/goroff-nancy.php.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Dr. Nancy Goroff Appointed Associate Provost for the Integration of Research, Education, and Professional Development and Associate Dean of the Graduate School" (in en-US). 2013-09-13. https://news.stonybrook.edu/newsroom/press-release/general/nancygoroff/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Nancy Goroff" (in en). Un ion of Concerned Scientists. https://www.ucsusa.org/about/people/nancy-goroff.
- ↑ "GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin defeats Democrat Nancy Goroff". WNYW. December 4, 2020. https://www.fox5ny.com/news/gop-rep-lee-zeldin-defeats-democrat-nancy-goroff.
- ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award#9984937 - CAREER: Small Neutral All-Carbon Molecules from Well-Defined Precursors". NSF. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9984937.
- ↑ "Previous Winners - Thieme Chemistry - Georg Thieme Verlag" (in en-GB). https://www.thieme.de/en/thieme-chemistry/thieme-chemistry-journals-award-previous-winners-107365.htm.
- ↑ "Two Stony Brook University Professors to Receive Prestigious American Chemical Society Awards" (in en). https://www.newswise.com/articles/two-stony-brook-university-chemistry-professors-honored-with-national-prizes-from-american-chemical-society.
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