Frances Ligler
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| fields = Biology, chemistry, biomedical engineering
| workplaces = Dupont, Naval Research Laboratory, UNC Chapel Hill/North Carolina State University, Texas A&M University
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| education = 2018, Honorary Doctorate, Furman University
2014, Honorary Doctorate, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
2000, D.Sc. for Biosensor Technology, Oxford University
1977 D.Phil.. Biochemistry, Oxford University
1972 B.S. Biology-Chemistry, Furman University
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| known_for = Optical biosensors
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| awards = 2022, American Chemical Society National Award in Analytical Chemistry
2020, National Academy of Engineering Simon Ramo Founders Award
2017, National Inventors Hall of Fame
2012, Presidential Rank of Meritorious Senior Professional, awarded by President Barack H. Obama
2005, National Academy of Engineering, Bioengineering Section, Councillor 2014–2020
2003, Presidential Rank of Distinguished Senior Professional, awarded by President George W. Bush
2003, Christopher Columbus Foundation Homeland Security Award (Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Field)
Elected Fellow: SPIE, AIMBE, AAAS, National Academy of Inventors
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Frances S. Ligler (born June 11, 1951) is a biochemist and bioengineer who was a 2017 inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.{{Cite news|url=http://www.invent.org/honor/inductees/inductee-detail/?IID=546|title=Inductee Detail {{!}} National Inventors Hall of Fame|work=National Inventors Hall of Fame|access-date=2018-04-24|language=en-US}} Ligler's research dramatically improved the effectiveness of biosensors while at the same time reducing their size and increasing automation. Her work on biosensors made it easier to detect toxins and pathogens in food, water, or when airborne.
In a 2017 interview, Ligler summarized her work: "Optical biosensors is a whole field where biological molecules are being used for recognition and transduce an optical signal to a small device. My teams and I demonstrated the use of optical biosensors for detection of pathogens in food, infectious diseases in people, biological warfare agents, environmental pollutants, explosives and drugs of abuse — things that can kill you."{{Cite news|url=http://www.technicianonline.com/arts_entertainment/article_450cdf94-14fb-11e7-bba0-a729fb83144a.html|title=Professor inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame|last=Correspondent|first=Zaynab Khalifa|work=Technician|access-date=2018-04-25|language=en}} Ligler's interests include microfluidics, tissue on chips, optical analytical devices, biosensors and nanotechnology. Ligler holds 37 patents{{cite web |last1=Iancu |first1=Andrei |title=USPTO Celebrates Women Innovators for World IP Day |url=https://www.commerce.gov/news/blog/2018/04/uspto-celebrates-women-innovators-world-ip-day |accessdate=5 October 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Dr. Frances S. Ligler|url=https://nae.edu/239237/Dr-Frances-S-Ligler|access-date=2020-10-27|website=NAE Website}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Patent Database Search Results: in/ligler |url=https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=in%2Fligler&d=PTXT |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=USPTO}} and has authored over 400 scientific papers.{{cite journal |last1=Ligler |first1=Frances S. |title=The NAI Fellow Profile: An Interview with Dr. Frances Ligler |last2=Macuare |first2=Kimberly A. |journal=Technology & Innovation |date=2018 |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=645–651 |doi=10.21300/19.3.2018.645 }}
Biography
Ligler received a B.S. from Furman University and a D.Phil. and D.Sc. from Oxford University.{{cite web |title=Congress Chair |url=https://www.elsevier.com/events/conferences/world-congress-on-biosensors/about/bio-ligler |website=World Congress on Biosensors |accessdate=5 October 2018}} In 1986, she joined the US Naval Research Laboratory, where she developed sensors to detect anthrax and botulinum toxin that were deployed during Operation Desert Storm.
In 2013, she left the US Naval Research Laboratory to become the Lampe Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received honorary doctorates from the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece in 2014{{Cite web|date=2014-05-13|title=Ligler receives honorary doctorate from the Agricultural University of Athens {{!}} College of Engineering {{!}} NC State University|url=https://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/2014/05/13/ligler-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-the-agricultural-university-of-athens/|access-date=2020-10-27|language=en}} and from Furman University in 2018.{{cite web |title=Furman bids farewell to class of 2018|url=https://news.furman.edu/2018/05/05/furman-bids-farewell-to-class-of-2018/|accessdate=17 October 2018}} In 2022, she became Professor and Eppright Chair in Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University.{{Cite web |title=Visionary researcher joins biomedical engineering faculty |url=https://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2022/03/BMEN-visionary-researcher-joins-biomedical-engineering-faculty.html}}
Awards and honors
- 1992, Office of National Drug Control Policy Technology Transfer Award for Drug Enforcement{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=1993 NRL Review, Page 227|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a265666.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601065456/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a265666.pdf|archive-date=June 1, 2022|access-date=2020-11-11|website=DTIC}}
- 1993, Hillebrand Prize, Chemical Society of Washington, D.C.{{Cite web|last=cswpubcom|title=Hillebrand Prize Recipients by Year – Chemical Society of Washington|date=17 June 2018 |url=https://capitalchemist.org/2018/06/hillebrand-prize-recipients-by-year/|access-date=2020-10-27|language=en-US}}
- 1997, U.S. Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Scientific Achievement Award{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=1998 NRL Review, Page 208|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/a359709.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113070057/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/a359709.pdf|archive-date=November 13, 2020|access-date=2020-11-11|website=}}
- 2000, Fellow, SPIE{{Cite web|title=Complete List {{!}} Fellows|url=https://spie.org/membership/explore-membership/fellows/complete-list-of-spie-fellows|access-date=2020-10-28|website=spie.org}}
- 2000, Navy Superior Civilian Service Award{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2001 NRL Review, Page 219|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a398271.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601070204/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a398271.pdf|archive-date=June 1, 2022|access-date=2020-11-11|website=}}
- 2003, Christopher Columbus Foundation Homeland Security Award (Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Field){{Cite web|date=2003-04-10|title=Frances S. Ligler, D.Phil., D.Sc., 2003 Homeland Security Award|url=https://columbusfellowshipfoundation.org/frances-s-ligler-d-phil-d-sc-2003-homeland-security-award/|access-date=2020-10-28|website=Columbus Fellowship Foundation|language=en-US}}
- 2003, Presidential Rank of Distinguished Senior Professional, awarded by President George W. Bush{{Cite web|title=Congressional Record Senate Articles|url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2004/5/4/senate-section/article/S4830-3|access-date=2020-10-28|website=www.congress.gov}}
- 2005, Elected Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering{{Cite web|title=Dr. Frances S. Ligler|url=https://nae.edu/30886/Dr-Frances-S-Ligler|access-date=2020-10-27|website=NAE Website}}
- 2006, Distinguished Furman Alumni of the 20th Century
- 2009, Partnership for Public Service's Service to America Medals Finalist, Career Achievement{{Cite book|last=Tisch|first=Jonathan M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ptw_BS0EN2gC&q=Ligler&pg=PA224|title=Citizen You: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing the World|date=2011|publisher=Three Rivers Press|isbn=978-0-307-58849-4|language=en}}
- 2012, Presidential Rank of Meritorious Senior Professional, awarded by President Barack H. Obama{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Presidential Rank Award 2012 Program Meritorious Executive and Meritorious Senior Professional Winners|url=http://cdn.govexec.com/media/gbc/docs/pdfs_edit/042513cc1a.pdf|access-date=2020-10-27|website=}}
- 2012, Elected Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering{{Cite web|date=2012-03-29|title=Dr. Frances Ligler Elected to American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineer's College of Fellows|url=https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Media/News/releases/dr-frances-ligler-elected-american-institute-medical-and-biological-engineers-college/|access-date=2020-10-27|website=News|language=en}}
- 2013, Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=AAAS Fellows|url=https://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/AR13_AAAS-fellows.pdf|access-date=2020-10-27|website=AAAS}}
- 2014, Honorary doctorate, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
- 2016, Carl Kohrt Distinguished Alumni Award, Furman University{{Citation|last=University|first=Furman|title=Fran Ligler {{!}} 2016 Carl F. Kohrt Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient|date=2016-03-23|url=https://vimeo.com/160147626|access-date=2020-10-27}}
- 2016, Elected Fellow, National Academy of Inventors{{Cite web|title=Faculty Inventors Recognized|url=https://news.ncsu.edu/2016/12/national-academy-of-inventors-2016/|access-date=2020-10-27|website=NC State News|language=en-US}}
- 2017, Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Analytical Chemistry, ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry{{Cite web|title=Analytical Division presents awards|url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i37/Analytical-Division-presents-awards.html|access-date=2020-10-27|website=Chemical & Engineering News|language=en}}
- 2017, Honorary Member, Hellenic Society for Nanotechnology in Health Sciences{{Cite web|date=2017-06-16|title=Fran Ligler Inducted into Hellenic Society for Nanotechnology|url=https://bme.unc.edu/fran-ligler-inducted-into-hellenic-society-for-nanotechnology-3/|access-date=2020-10-27|website=Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Honorary Members {{!}} HSnanoHS|url=https://hsnanohs.eu/honorary-members/|access-date=2020-10-28|language=el}}
- 2017, Inductee, National Inventors Hall of Fame
- 2018, Honorary doctorate, Furman University
- 2020, Simon Ramo Founders Award, National Academy of Engineering{{Cite web|title=Simon Ramo Founders Award|url=https://nae.edu/20687/FoundersAwards|access-date=2020-10-27|website=NAE Website}}
- 2022, National Award in Analytical Chemistry, American Chemical Society {{Cite journal |title=2022 ACS National Award winners--Part II |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cen-10003-awards2 |access-date=2022-04-09 |journal=C&EN Global Enterprise|year=2022 |doi=10.1021/cen-10003-awards2 |first1=Nina |last1=Notman |volume=100 |issue=3 |pages=32–35 |doi-access=free }}
- 2023, Power List - Innovators and Trailblazers, the Analytical Scientist{{Cite web |date=2023-09-10 |title=The Power List 2023 |url=https://theanalyticalscientist.com/power-list/2023 |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=The Analytical Scientist |language=en}}
- 2024, Power List - Instrumental Innovators, the Analytical Scientist{{Cite web |date=2024-08-17 |title=The Power List 2024 |url=https://theanalyticalscientist.com/power-list/2024 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=The Analytical Scientist |language=en}}
References
External links
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