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Percy Lavon Julian Family Papers
Series III: Folder 22
Julian Memorial Lecture: Alison P. Williams
February 1, 2007

      Alison Williams began her scientific career in high school working at the Ohio State Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster, Ohio. She received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Wesleyan University and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biophysical chemistry from the University of Rochester where she was a National Science Foundation graduate fellow. She taught at Swarthmore College and Wesleyan University before joining the faculty of the chemistry department at Princeton University in 2003. Her research focuses on thermodynamic and kinetic properties of nucleic acids. Most recently her work emphasized the role of ions in shaping the physical properties of oligonucleotides. She currently is an NSF ADVANCE Fellow and Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer. Dr. Williams has also received numerous recognitions for her teaching, outreach and mentoring activities for scientists of all ages.
     She has dedicated her talk to the memory of her father, long-time chemistry faculty member at The College of Wooster in Ohio. Theodore Williams received the Percy Julian Award, the highest award of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and on the occasion of the Julian Centennial in April 1999 on the topic "Research as the Ultimate Final Exam for Students."