Adele Wolfson

Professor of Chemistry
Faculty Director of the Science Center
Wellesley College
awolfson@wellesley.edu

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Biographical Sketch:

Adele J. Wolfson is Professor of Chemistry and Faculty Director of the Science Center at Wellesley College. She also directs the Biological Chemistry program, an interdepartmental major. Dr. Wolfson received her undergraduate training at Brandeis University, studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and received her PhD from Columbia University. She did post-doctoral research at the University of Paris, held faculty positions at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School, and has been at Wellesley since 1985. Her research for the past several years has focused on proteases and peptidases. Undergraduates are involved in every aspect of her research, and she has a long-standing commitment to programs which encourage women and minorities to study science and pursue scientific careers. She has been involved with educational and outreach activities through professional societies, having chaired the Educational Affairs Committee, the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women, and the Task Force on Educational Resources of ASBMB, and currently serves on the GRE committee for the Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology Exam. She was one of the workshop leaders at the first two PKAL workshops on Biochemistry: Biology or Chemistry?

Workshop Presentations:

• Biochemistry: Biology or Chemistry
  PKAL 2000 Summer Institute
  Keystone Resort and Conference Center
  Keystone, Colorado
  July 23 - 26, 2000
  
  

• A Biochemistry Interdepartmental Major: Wellesley College
  
• Hands-on Presentation and Issue Discussions: Wellesley College
  Biochemistry: Biology or Chemistry
  Macalester College
  July 16-18, 1998
  
  

• Setting Out the Issues - The Perspective of the Disciplines
  
• A Biochemistry Interdepartmental Major: Wellesley College
  Biochemistry: Biology or Chemistry
  Rice University
  September 11 - 13, 1998