• Comment: Knowing how under-represented women are in Wikipedia let alone in science, I want to accept this, but need better referencing, I am seeing primary sources. I want to say "But she is a named professor", but I fee we need better referencing before this can proceed to acceptance. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 20:59, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: The detailed coverage all comes from transcripts of the subject talking about herself. Needs more independent coverage. Mgp28 (talk) 19:44, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Sarah Kucenas is Owen R. Cheatham Professor of the Sciences at the University of Virginia.

Early Life

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Sarah Kucenas was born on March 25th, 1979, in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] Her mother was a Spanish teacher and her father worked in business[1]. She attended public school from kindergarten through twelfth grade, when she graduated from high school in 1997.

Education and Career

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Kucenas attended Valparaiso University 1997 to 2000, majoring in Biology with minors in Chemistry and English[1]. Before attending graduate school, Kucenas worked her first job as a research technician in Dr. M. Alan Permutt's lab in St. Louis, Missouri.[1][2]

Kucenas received her graduate training in Dr. Mark Voigt's lab at Saint Louis University in the fall of 2001. From 2005 to 2009, Kucenas studied the developmental neurobiology of glial cells using time-lapse imaging in Dr. Appel's lab.[3]

In August 2009, Kucenas joined the University of Virginia (UVA) Department of Biology as Professor of Biology.[4] In 2013, she received a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award.[5] In 2018, she received a Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship from the NIH/NINDS.[6] In 2024 she was named the Owen R. Cheatham Professor of Science,[7] and is the co-director of the Brain Institute.[8]

Dr. Sarah Kucenas studies glial-glial and neuronal-glial interactions using zebrafish as a model.[3][9][10]

Personal Life

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Dr. Sarah Kucenas lives with her husband and her daughter, and she has three Mastiffs: Harley, Titan, and Chewbacca[1]. Beyond her academic and family interest, Sarah has a passion for swimming[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Episode 28: Sarah Kucenas, PhD". Conjugate: Illustration and Science Blog. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  2. ^ "Resurfacing: Stories about coming back to oneself". The Story Collider. 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. ^ a b Schnuer, Jenna (2024). "A Clear Advantage". The Physiologist Magazine. Rockville, Maryland, United States of America: American Physiological Society. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  4. ^ "Neighbors". The Daily Progress. 2015-03-08. p. 28. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  5. ^ "2013 Class Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards". thehartwellfoundation.com. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  6. ^ "Sarah Kucenas | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke". www.ninds.nih.gov. 2018-04-01. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  7. ^ "Sarah Kucenas". Program in Fundamental Neuroscience (PFN). Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  8. ^ Phillips, Jacob (2024-05-23). "Nation's top brain scientists descend on UVA". Channel 29 News. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  9. ^ "Kucenas Lab". Kucenas Lab. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  10. ^ "Our Team". Target ALS. Retrieved 2024-04-29.