Dr. Renã AS Robinson
PROFESSIONAL |
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| ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS | |
| Professor of Chemistry, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chair |
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| Vanderbilt University, Department of Chemistry | August 2022 – Present |
| Faculty Head of House | |
| Vanderbilt University, Murray House | July 2022 – Present |
| Associate Professor of Chemistry, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow |
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| Vanderbilt University, Department of Chemistry | August 2017 – August 2022 |
| Secondary Appointment | December 2017 – Present |
| Vanderbilt University, Department of Neurology | |
| Faculty Member | |
| Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer’s Center | December 2017 – Present |
| Training Faculty Senior Member | |
| Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Brain Institute | February 2018 – Present |
| Faculty Member | |
| Vanderbilt University, Chemical Biology | April 2018 – Present |
| Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry | September 2017 – Present |
| University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemistry | |
| Assistant Professor of Chemistry | September 2009 – August 2017 |
| University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemistry | |
| Faculty Member of Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Center | September 2011 – August 2017 |
| University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine | |
| Core Faculty Member of Medical Scientist Training Program | September 2015 – August 2017 |
| University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine | |
| Associate Director of Outreach, Recruitment and Education | January 2017 – December 2017 |
| University of Pittsburgh, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center | |
| Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow | July 2007 – August 2008 |
| University of Kentucky, Advisor: D. Allan Butterfield | |
EDUCATION |
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| UNCF/Merck Postdoctoral Fellow | September 2008 – August 2009 |
| University of Kentucky, Advisor: D. Allan Butterfield | |
| Indiana University | June 2001 – May 2007 |
| Analytical Chemistry (major) Biochemistry (minor), PhD | |
| Advisor: David E. Clemmer | |
| University of Louisville | September 1997 – December 2000 |
| Chemistry with Business Concentration, B.S. | |
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS |
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| Juneteenth Best Research Productivity Award | 2022 |
| Vanderbilt University | |
| SEC Faculty Travel Award | 2022 |
| Women’s History, Featured Scientist | 2022 |
| Neuro Central, Future Science Group | |
| Chancellor’s Award for Research in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion | 2021 |
| Vanderbilt University | |
| The Power List | 2021 |
| Analytical Scientist | |
| Chancellor’s Public Voices Fellow | 2019 |
| Vanderbilt University | |
| Margaret Cuninggim Mentoring Award | 2019 |
| Vanderbilt University | |
| C&EN Amazing Women in Chemistry | 2019 |
| Chemical & Engineering News, American Chemical Society | |
| Sciex Academic Diamond Level Partner | 2018 |
| Top 20 Under 40 | 2018 |
| Indiana University Alumni Magazine | |
| NOBCChE Presidential Award | 2018 |
| 45th Annual NOBCChE Conference | |
| SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellow | 2018 |
| Vanderbilt University | |
| Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award | 2017 |
| Pittsburgh Conference | |
