Marcia France is an American academic and university administrator currently serving as the inaugural dean of undergraduate studies at Duke Kunshan University in China.[1] Prior to her appointment, she served as an associate provost and John T. Herwick, M.D. Professor of Chemistry at Washington and Lee University, where she is currently on a five-year leave.[2]
Marcia Beth France | |
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Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SB) Yale University (MS) California Institute of Technology (PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | Duke Kunshan University, Washington and Lee University |
Thesis | Olefin Metathesis with Group VIII Transition Metal Complexes: Mechanism, Reactivity, and Catalyst Development |
Doctoral advisor | Robert H. Grubbs |
France received degrees in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale University, and her PhD in organic chemistry from the California Institute of Technology.[3]
France taught at W&L from 1994 to 2018.[4] She was appointed as dean at Duke Kunshan on August 1, 2018, and has overseen the launch of the university's undergraduate program.[5][6]
Selected works edit
- A Series of Well‐Defined Metathesis Catalysts–Synthesis of [RuCl2(CHR′)(PR3)2] and Its Reactions Angewandte Chemie, 1995[7]
- The carbonyl ene reaction Tetrahedron, 2008
References edit
- ^ "Leadership".
- ^ "Marcia France, Professor of Chemistry : Washington and Lee University". my.wlu.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ "Marcia Beth France | Scholars@Duke". scholars.duke.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ Uffelman, Louise (2017-03-01). "Marcia France on Chemistry, Cooking and Culture". The Columns. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ "Marcia B. France Named Dean of Undergraduate Studies". June 2, 2018.
- ^ "Authorized Duke Kunshan University students begin return process to China campus for fall". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ "A Series of Well‐Defined Metathesis Catalysts–Synthesis of [RuCl2 ( CHR′)(PR3) 2] and Its Reactions". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-07-13.