Beyond the traditional confines: Physical organic chemistry in the 21st century
Biography: Marye Anne Fox is the M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Regents Chair in Chemistry and Vice President for Research at the University of Texas. She was born in Canton, Ohio in 1947 and received a bachelor’s degree from Notre Dame College and a Ph. D. from Dartmouth College, both in chemistry. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Philosophical Society and a fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is the recipient of several national and international awards in chemistry and in science policy. She currently serves on the editorial boards of seven journals and has published over 300 papers and three books in the general area of physical organic chemistry, focussing on photochemistry, electrochemistry, and the characterization of reactive intermediates.