Biography:Velia Fowler
Velia M. Fowler is an American cell biologist and biochemist specializing in the cytoskeleton. She is a professor and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware.[1]
Early life and education
Fowler obtained her bachelor of arts from Oberlin College in 1974 and her PhD from Harvard University in 1980.[2] While working on her PhD, she was named a National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow.[1]
Career and research
Fowler was a Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow from 1980-1982 at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine under the mentorship of Dr. Vann Bennett.[1][2] She remained at Johns Hopkins for two more years as a research associate before becoming an assistant professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School in 1984.[1] From 1987 to 2018, Fowler led a research group at Scripps Research, serving as an Associate Dean for Graduate Studies starting in 2013 and the acting Chair of the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology from 2014-2015.[1] In 2018, she became the Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware.[1]
Fowler has served as an editorial board member at the Journal of Biological Chemistry since 2012, and an associate editor at the same journal since 2013.[1][3]
Fowler's research has focused on the formation and shape of red blood cells as influenced by their cytoskeleton, specifically actin and myosin.[1][4] She also studies the role of actin in eye lens function.[1]
Awards and honors
Selected awards:[1]
- National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Award (1975-1978)
- Jane Coffin Childs Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (1980-1982)
- NIH New Investigator Research Grant Award (1983-1984)
- American Heart Association Established Investigator Award (1990-1995)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Velia Fowler, Ph.D. : Department of Biological Sciences" (in en). https://www.bio.udel.edu/users/vfowler.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Velia Fowler | Scripps Research". https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/fowler/.
- ↑ "Meet Velia Fowler". https://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/201401/VeliaFowler/.
- ↑ "How Red Blood Cells Get Their Dimples" (in en). https://www.the-scientist.com/the-literature/how-red-blood-cells-get-their-dimples-64680.
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