Marina Guenza is an Italian theoretical
physical chemist who studies the
fluid dynamics
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of
macromolecule
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s. She is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the
University of Oregon
The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...
.
Education and career
Guenza earned a master's degree at the
University of Genoa
The University of Genoa, known also with the acronym UniGe ( it, Università di Genova), is one of the largest universities in Italy. It is located in the city of Genoa and regional Metropolitan City of Genoa, on the Italian Riviera in the Liguri ...
in 1985, and completed her Ph.D. in 1989 through a consortium of the University of Genoa,
University of Turin
The University of Turin (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe and continues to play an impo ...
, and
University of Pavia
The University of Pavia ( it, Università degli Studi di Pavia, UNIPV or ''Università di Pavia''; la, Alma Ticinensis Universitas) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. There was evidence of teaching as early as 1361, making it one ...
.
Formerly a tenured researcher for the
National Research Council (Italy), she moved to the University of Oregon as an assistant professor in 2002, earned tenure as an associate professor in 2006, and became full professor in 2012.
Recognition
In 2011, Guenza was named a
Fellow of the American Physical Society
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The following lists are divided chronologically by the year of designation.
* List of American Physic ...
(APS), after a nomination from the APS Division of Polymer Physics, "for significant contributions to the field of polymer physics through the development of theoretical methods to study macromolecular structure and dynamics". She became a Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific respons ...
in 2018.
References
External links
The Guenza Lab*
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Italian chemists
Italian women chemists
Fluid dynamicists
University of Genoa alumni
Fellows of the American Physical Society
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science