Research Innovation & Leadership Finalists
Awarded to a woman who has developed new knowledge or products, or improvements to products in a corporate or academic setting. Each finalist has exhibited an original approach to her research as well as achieved peer recognition in the technology, science or engineering disciplines. She has exhibited leadership ability by leading research teams, motivating staff and securing funding or resources to enable her research program.
MARTHA GILMORE
Research Innovation & Leadership Winner
Occupation
Professor of Geology
Organization
Wesleyan University
Hometown
Haddam, CT
Passion
Martha is a geologist studying the landforms, mineralogy, history and exploration of the surfaces of Venus and Mars.
Bio
Dr. Gilmore is a world expert on the geology of Venus. She is a science team member on two active Venus missions, is an author on 55 papers and has been awarded over $3M in external funding. She has served NASA as a member of the Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration and the Planetary Science Decadal Survey. Dr. Gilmore earned a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Brown University and took a postdoc at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory prior to her arrival at Wesleyan in 2000.
AMY GORIN
Research Innovation & Leadership Finalist
Occupation
Director
Organization
Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention and Policy, UConn
Hometown
Storrs, CT
Passion
Amy is dedicated to creating innovative, interdisciplinary, evidence-based solutions to optimize health and well-being.
Bio
Dr. Amy Gorin is Director of UConn’s Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP) and Professor of Psychological Sciences. As InCHIP Director, she leads UConn’s largest research institute with over 120 faculty investigators and $86.1 million in grants. She is a passionate advocate for interdisciplinary research and fosters collaborations between the social and behavioral sciences and other disciplines to advance our understanding today’s most pressing health issues.
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XIULING LU
Research Innovation & Leadership Finalist
Occupation
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Organization
UConn School of Pharmacy
Hometown
China
Passion
Xiuling Lu is driven to improve cancer therapeutic outcome and pharmaceutical product quality using innovative nanotechnologies and formulation science.
Bio
Dr. Lu is a leader in drug development research. Her highly funded program is focused on innovative nanotechnologies that target difficult-to-treat cancers, optimization of drug formulations and the use of versatile imaging tools to improve pharmaceutical product quality. She has published 75 peer-reviewed articles in high impact journals and 8 pending/issued patents, 4 of which are being licensed to startup pharmaceutical companies, including Nami Therapeutics Corp. which Dr. Lu founded.
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NILANJANA MAULIK
Research Innovation & Leadership Finalist
Occupation
Professor
Organization
UConn School of Medicine
Hometown
Ranchi, Jharkhand, Indi
Passion
Molecular Mechanism of Therapeutic Angiogenesis, Repair, Regeneration and treatment modalities of Ischemic Heart and Peripheral Artery Disease.
Bio
Nilanjana Maulik, is a tenured Professor at UCONN Health, Department of Surgery. She is an outstanding cardiovascular scientist with a history of exceptional performance and productivity. Her globally recognized research is highly pertinent to the development of treatments for ischemic heart and arterial diseases. She has always been funded from NIH since 1998. She has written over 200 papers, delivered 145 lectures worldwide, and mentored over 100 students in her laboratory.
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CODRUTA ZOICAN-LOEBICK
Research Innovation & Leadership Finalist
