Madeleine M. Joullié

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Madeleine Mireille Joullié (born March 29, 1927 in Paris ) is an American chemist who originally came from France and grew up in Brazil . She has been with the University of Pennsylvania for over 60 years , where she has been a life professor of organic chemistry since 1974 .

Life

Madeleine Mireille Joullié was born in Paris in 1927. Due to the work of their father, an international businessman, the family traveled a lot and finally settled in Brazil permanently. Madeleine grew up in a sheltered and regulated environment in Rio de Janeiro , where she attended a private school. In 1945 her father sent her to Simmons College in Boston to study . In 1949 she made her bachelor's degree in chemistry here and then moved to the University of Pennsylvania . She specialized in organic chemistry , graduating with a masters degree in 1950 and doing her PhD in 1953 under Allan Russell Day .

After completing her doctorate, she got a job at the university as a teacher for undergraduate students and became a research assistant in 1957. It was not until 1968 that she achieved associate professor status, and in 1974 she became the first woman at a major US university to receive a life professorship in organic chemistry; a position she still holds today (2014) at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her more than 60 years of teaching activity, the focus of research was on the chemistry and synthesis of heterocycles , cyclopeptides and didemnines . In this way, she synthesized the antiviral drug tiloron and the antibiotic furanomycin, among others . Furthermore, analogues of ninhydrin were researched and synthesized in her laboratory , which can be used to create fingerprints , since the amino acids found in sweat react with ninhydrin or its analogues to form dyes and thus make fingerprints or handprints visible.

Awards (selection)

Works

  • With Allan Russell Day: Organic Chemistry. D. Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ 1960.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Elizabeth H. Oakes: Encyclopedia of World Scientists. Revised Edition, Facts On File, 2007, pp. 381-383.
  2. ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Madeleine M. Joullié at academictree.org, accessed on February 15 2018th
  3. ↑ Madeleine M. Joullie, Professor of Chemistry. Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  4. ^ J. Edward Semple: A Tribute to Prof. Madeleine Joullie. In: ARKIVOC. Vol. 2007, No. 12, 2006, pp. 1-6.
  5. ↑ Madeleine Joullié wins Henry Hill Award. In: Chemical & Engineering News. Vol. 72, No. 36, 1994, pp. 45-46, doi : 10.1021 / cen-v072n036.p045 .
  6. ^ ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences. American Chemical Society. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  7. ^ Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards. American Chemical Society. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  8. ^ Edward Leete Award. American Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Joullié, Madeleine M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joullié, Madeleine Mireille
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris