Marilyn Gunner

Gunner received her B.A. from the State University of New York (Binghamton). She completed her Ph.D. in 1988 at the University of Pennsylvania,{{Cite web|title=City College of New York – Faculty|url=http://ccny.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2018-2019/Graduate-Bulletin/The-College-of-Liberal-Arts-and-Science/Department-of-Physics/Faculty|access-date=2021-03-14|website=ccny.smartcatalogiq.com}}{{Cite web|title=LesFest|url=https://dianamariedischer.github.io/lesfest2019//alumni.html|access-date=2021-03-14|website=dianamariedischer.github.io}} where she worked on topics such as electron transfer in proteins{{Cite journal|last1=Gunner|first1=M. R.|last2=Dutton|first2=P. Leslie|date=April 1, 1989|title=Temperature and -.DELTA.G.degree. dependence of the electron transfer from BPh.cntdot.- to QA in reaction center protein from Rhodobacter sphaeroides with different quinones as QA|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja00191a043|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|language=en|volume=111|issue=9|pages=3400–3412|doi=10.1021/ja00191a043|bibcode=1989JAChS.111.3400G |issn=0002-7863|url-access=subscription}} with Leslie Dutton.

Gunner previously worked in the lab of Barry Honig at Columbia University,{{Cite web|title=People|url=http://honig.c2b2.columbia.edu/people|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Barry Honig|language=en-US}} where she studied electrostatic control of proteins.{{Cite journal|last1=Gunner|first1=M R|last2=Honig|first2=B|date=1991-10-15|title=Electrostatic control of midpoint potentials in the cytochrome subunit of the Rhodopseudomonas viridis reaction center.|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America|volume=88|issue=20|pages=9151–9155|doi=10.1073/pnas.88.20.9151|issn=0027-8424|pmid=1924378|pmc=52670|bibcode=1991PNAS...88.9151G|doi-access=free}} She is now a professor in the physics department at CUNY where she has continued to study protein interactions. As of 2021, her 140 publications have been cited over 5,800 times.{{Cite web|title=Web of Science {{!}} Clarivate Analytics|url=https://app.webofknowledge.com/author/record/266831?lang=en_US|access-date=2021-03-14|website=app.webofknowledge.com}} She is the lead investigator of the Multi-Conformation Continuum Electrostatics (MCCE) project, which is "a biophysics simulation program combining continuum electrostatics and molecular mechanics."{{Cite web|title=Team members – MCCE wiki|url=https://sites.google.com/site/mccewiki/team-members|access-date=2021-03-14|website=sites.google.com}} Gunner was also part of a collaboration which measured the efficiency of energy storage in cyanobacteria, work that could have implications for astrobiology.{{Cite web|last=March 2012|first=Aaron L. Gronstal 16|title=Alien Plants May Thrive on Many Wavelengths of Light|url=https://www.space.com/14927-alien-life-photosynthesis-light-wavelengths.html|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Space.com|date=16 March 2012 |language=en}}

In 2006, Gunner served as the chair of the Division of Biological Physics in the American Physical Society.{{Cite web|title=Executive Committee – Unit – DBIO|url=https://engage.aps.org/dbio/governance/executive-committee/past-officers|access-date=2021-03-14|website=engage.aps.org}} She currently serves as a member of the editorial board for both the Journal of the Royal Society Interface{{Cite web|title=Editorial board {{!}} Journal of The Royal Society Interface|url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/editorial-board|access-date=2021-03-14|website=royalsocietypublishing.org}} and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics.{{Cite book|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/biochimica-et-biophysica-acta-bioenergetics/editorial-board|title=Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics Editorial Board}} Gunner has also served as both a general member and as a member of the board of directors for the Telluride Science Research Center.{{Cite web|title=Governance & Staff {{!}} TSRC|url=https://www.telluridescience.org/about/governance|access-date=2021-03-14|website=www.telluridescience.org}}

• The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (1996){{Cite web|title=The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: Recipient Details {{!}} NSF – National Science Foundation|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awards/PECASE/recip_details.jsp;jsessionid=C7CDCE64A24D61E8B51C6AF990558385?pecase_id=10|access-date=2021-03-14|website=www.nsf.gov}}: "For biophysics of proteins"
• Fellow of the American Physical Society, Division of Biological Physics (2007){{Cite news|last=Otwell|first=Sue|date=Spring 2008|title=Twenty-five Women Named to Fellowship in the APS|work=CSWP Gazette|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/women/reports/gazette/upload/spring08.pdf|access-date=March 14, 2021}}{{Cite web|title=APS Fellow Archive|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm|access-date=2021-03-14|website=www.aps.org|language=en}}: "For her work in both experimental and theoretical studies of electron and proton transfer processes in proteins, in particular for her beautiful work coupling the theory of electrostatic interactions to the dynamics of charge transfer in photosynthetic reaction centers, and in recognition of her service to the Division of Biological Physics."

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