Mary Lidstrom

Mary E. Lidstrom
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Prineville, Oregon, USA
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington
ThesisThe regulation of C-1 metabolism in Methylobacterium organophilum (1977)
Websitedepts.washington.edu/mllab/mLidstrom.php

Mary E. Lidstrom is a Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington. She also holds the Frank Jungers Chair of Engineering, in the Department of Chemical Engineering. She currently is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Bacteriology and FEMS Microbial Ecology.[1]

Education

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Lidstrom received a B.S. degree in Microbiology from Oregon State University and an M.S. and PhD in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[2]

Research career

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Lidstrom's work spans microbial physiology and natural complex microbial communities and has applications to biotechnology. Specifically, she has worked extensively on methylotroph bacteria that grow on one-carbon compounds.[3]

After conducting her doctorate research on C-1 metabolism in Methylobacterium organophilum,[4] Lidstrom undertook post-doctoral research at University of Sheffield UK with J. Rodney Quayle on species of the methylotrophic yeasts Hansenula and Candida,[5]: 343  and then returned to the US with faculty posts at the University of Washington, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the California Institute of Technology where she has taught courses on microbiology, oceanography, environmental engineering science, chemical engineering and bioengineering. While at Caltech she served as Vice-Chair of the Faculty.[6] In 1996 she moved to University of Washington and has remained there.[7]

Lidstrom is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and a member of the National Academy of Sciences from 2013.[2] Lidstrom was the Vice Provost of Research at the University of Washington from 2005 until 2021.[8][9] In addition, she served as Associate Dean for New Initiatives in Engineering from 1997 to 2005 and Interim Provost from 2010 to 2011.[10]

Publications

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Lidstrom is the author or co-author of over 300 scientific publications. These include:

Honors

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  • American Society for Microbiology Proctor & Gamble Award for Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2013[11]
  • Member of National Academy of Sciences, 2013[12]
  • Howard Hughes Medical Center for Learning at the Life Science/Engineering Boundary Award, 2010[13]
  • ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching and Mentoring Award, 2006[13]
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 2005[14]
  • American Academy of Microbiology, 1992[1]
  • NSF Faculty Award for Women, 1991[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mary E. Lidstrom". UW Chemical Engineering. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  2. ^ a b "Member Directory: Mary E. Lidstrom". National Academy of Sciences.
  3. ^ Chistoserdova, Ludmila; Kalyuzhnaya, Marina G.; Lidstrom, Mary E. (2009). "The Expanding World of Methylotrophic Metabolism". Annual Review of Microbiology. 63: 477–499. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.091208.073600. PMC 2827926. PMID 19514844.
  4. ^ O'Connor, Mary Lidstrom (1977). The regulation of C-1 metabolism in Methylobacterium organophilum. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin. OCLC 609162422.
  5. ^ Anthony, Christopher (2015). "JOHN RODNEY QUAYLE 18 November 1926 — 26 February 2006". Biogr. Mem. Fellows R. Soc. 61: 331–349. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0008. S2CID 88245387.
  6. ^ "Mary E. Lidstrom, Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE Education (formerly Mary L. O'Connor)". StudyLib. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Mary E. Lidstrom, Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE Education (formerly Mary L. O'Connor)". StudyLib. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Mary Lidstrom". University of Washington.
  9. ^ Holtz, Jackson. "Mari Ostendorf named UW Vice Provost for Research". University of Washington. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Mary E. Lidstrom, Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE Education (formerly Mary L. O'Connor)". StudyLib. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Six AAAS Members Win American Society for Microbiology Award | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  12. ^ "Mary E. Lidstrom". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  13. ^ a b "Awards and Recognition". UW ADVANCE. 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  14. ^ "10 UW profs honored as Fellows of AAAS". UW News. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
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