Nancy Sarah Goroff was born on February 18,1968 and is an American organic chemist who formerly served as chair of the chemistry department at Stony Brook University.
10 Facts About Nancy Goroff
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Nancy Goroff's research investigates conjugated organic molecules, including polymers, halocarbons and buckyballs.
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Nancy Goroff was an National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at the Michigan State University, where she worked in the laboratory of James Jackson.
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Nancy Goroff continued her postdoctoral studies at the University of Michigan, studying chemical education with Brian Coppola.
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In 1997 Nancy Goroff joined the faculty of Stony Brook University.
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Nancy Goroff has investigated the chemical, material and photophysical properties of poly, a polymer known as PIDA.
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Nancy Goroff has shown that suspending solutions of PIDA in pyrrolidine results in the formation of a highly conductive material.
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In 2013 Nancy Goroff was appointed the Associate Provost for the Integration of Research at Stony Brook University.
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Nancy Goroff is a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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In 2020 Nancy Goroff ran for the 2020 United States House of Representatives, going on leave from her faculty position at Stony Brook University.