{"664994":{"#nid":"664994","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Four Chemists Receive 2023 Marion Milligan Mason Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour early-career chemists, including a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry \u003C\/a\u003Ealumna,\u0026nbsp;have been awarded funding to kickstart their research, ranging from biochemistry to polymers, thanks to a fund created to\u0026nbsp;advance women in the chemical sciences.\u0026nbsp;Marion Milligan Mason Award winners also receive leadership development, mentoring opportunities, and a network of women in the chemical sciences. One of the four Mason Award winners is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/science.psu.edu\/bmb\/people\/cdo5093\u0022\u003EDenise Okafor\u003C\/a\u003E, MS CHEM 2010,\u0026nbsp;Ph.D BIOCHEM 2015. Okafor is now an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/science.psu.edu\u0022\u003EPenn State\u0026nbsp;Eberly College of Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-01-23 17:12:51","changed_gmt":"2023-01-23 17:12:51","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.aaas.org\/news\/four-chemists-receive-2023-marion-milligan-mason-award","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"191956","name":"Denise Okafor"},{"id":"191957","name":"Marion Milligan Mason Award"},{"id":"89","name":"chemistry"},{"id":"919","name":"Biochemistry"},{"id":"1629","name":"AAAS"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}