Mary L. Kraft

American biological engineer

Mary L. Kraft

Occupation| Professor
Academic background
Alma mater| University of Illinois Chicago
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Thesis| Development and characterization of fatty acid-coated microgels within microfluidic systems (2003)
Doctoral advisor| Jeffrey S. Moore
Academic work
Discipline| Biological engineering
Institutions| University of Illinois

Mary L. Kraft is a full professor at the department of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Illinois and is also an affiliate professor in the department of chemistry.

## Biography

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Kraft earned her B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois Chicago in 1998 and went on to gain her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2003 in the lab of Jeffrey S. Moore.[1] The title of her dissertation was "Development and characterization of fatty acid-coated microgels within microfluidic systems."[2] She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University before returning to work at the University of Illinois in Urbana.[3]

Kraft's research focuses on analyzing the structure and function of cells using computational statistics and imaging techniques.[4] She won the Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research in 2014, which is awarded by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and is given to a researcher within 10 years of completing their MD or PhD.[5][6] She has authored more than 90 papers.[4][7]

## Awards and honors

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* Excellence in Advising Award, College of Engineering, University of Illinois, UC, 2008 [8]
* Career Award at the Scientific Interface, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, 2007-2011 [8]
* Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, 2003-2007 [8]
* School of Chemical Sciences Excellence in Teaching, University of Illinois, 2014-2015 [8]
* American Vacuum Society (AVS) Prairie Chapter Early-Career Research Award, 2015 [8]

## References

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1. ^ Kraft, Mary L (2003). Development and characterization of fatty acid-coated microgels within microfluidic systems (Thesis). hdl:2142/84124. OCLC 55112523. ProQuest 304760470.[page needed][non-primary source needed]
2. ^ Kraft, Mary L (2003). Development and characterization of fatty acid-coated microgels within microfluidic systems (Thesis). hdl:2142/84124. OCLC 55112523. ProQuest 304760470.[page needed][non-primary source needed]
3. ^ Communications, Grainger Engineering Office of Marketing and. "Kraft promoted to full professor". chbe.illinois.edu. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
4. ^ a b "Mary L. Kraft | Chemistry at Illinois". chemistry.illinois.edu.
5. ^ "Avanti Awards in Lipids". Avanti Polar Lipids.
6. ^ "Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research". www.asbmb.org. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
7. ^ "Mary L Kraft - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.
8. ^ a b c d e Communications, Grainger Engineering Office of Marketing and. "Mary L Kraft". chbe.illinois.edu. Retrieved March 20, 2024.

## External links

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