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Emily Weinert is a Professor in the Eberly College of Science at Pennsylvania State University, with a research focus on Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Chemistry. She graduated from Duke University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, and later earned her Ph.D. working with Professor Steve Rokita at the University of Maryland, completing her degree in 2006. Following her Ph.D., Emily pursued postdoctoral research in Professor Michael Marletta's lab at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2011, she joined Emory University before moving to Penn State University in 2019. Her research interests include Bacterial Oxygen Sensing, Biophysics, RNA Biology, and Structural Biology. A significant aspect of her work involves understanding how heme proteins facilitate oxygen sensing in bacteria and how these mechanisms might inform the development of new antibacterial agents. Emily has received numerous awards for her teaching and research contributions, including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the Daniel R. Tershak Memorial Teaching Award.
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