Nina v fedoroff biography of christopher
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Nina Fedoroff
American biologist
Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff (born April 9, ) is an American molecular biologist known for her research in life sciences and biotechnology, especially transposable elements or jumping genes.[1] and plant stress response.[2][3] In , President George W.
Bush awarded her the National Medal of Science, she is also a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[2] the European Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Microbiology.[4]
Early Days
Fedoroff, whose father was a Russian immigrant to the US and her mother a first generation immigrant, was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
Her first language was Russian.[5] When she was nine years old her family moved to Fayetteville, New York, a suburb of the city of Syracuse.
She then relocated to Philadelphia where she planned to study music but returned to study science at Syracuse Universi