January 27, 2021 |
Erica L.-W. Majumder joined the UW–Madison faculty in January 2021 as an assistant professor in the Department of Bacteriology.
What is your hometown? Where did you grow up?
I’m from St. Louis, Missouri, and happy to be back in the Midwest.
What is your educational/professional background, including your previous position?
I’m a chemist by training and throughout my training and career have become more and more enamored with the chemistry that microorganisms do and produce. I did my undergraduate at a liberal arts college called Drury University and studied chemistry, math, physics and Spanish. What I liked most was that everyone had to minor in Global Studies which encouraged me to think about the societal and philosophical implications of the scientific work I do. I earned my Ph.D. in bioinorganic chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) working with Bob Blankenship on mechanisms of energy conversion and conservation in photosynthesis.
Thursday, January 14, 2021 MADISON, Wis. University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson today told farm owners, agriculture and dairy officials, and researchers that the System’s effort to add agriculture extension agents is another illustration of the renewed Wisconsin Idea. Thompson spoke to the 2021 Wisconsin Agribusiness Classic on the final day of its annual conference. It is Wisconsin’s largest agriculture industry conference, now in its 60
th year. “There is a long history of the University of Wisconsin working closely with Wisconsin’s agriculture and dairy industries,” Thompson said. “From the beginning, our commitment to the Wisconsin Idea has been linked to agriculture and dairy – working to help solve the challenges facing Wisconsin farmers.”
UW System extends COVID-19 testing hngnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hngnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UW System COVID-19 surge testing sites extend operations to mid-January pressreleasepoint.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pressreleasepoint.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The University of Wisconsin System will continue to offer its surge COVID-19 testing until mid-January, the institution announced in a press release Monday.