Women in chemistry: A scientific journey into the 21st century

While more and more women are earning science and engineering degrees, they continue to comprise a smaller percentage of the workforce. In 1997, women earned 48 percent of bachelor's degrees in science and engineering, 43 percent of master's degrees and 34 percent of Ph.D.s., but only comprised 23 percent of the science and engineering workforce. (Commission of Professionals in Science and Technology.)

Dr. Susan S. Taylor, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, will address women's increasing role in science in the 21st century at the 221st national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The meeting will be held April 1-5 in San Diego.

Taylor has been awarded the 2001 Garvin-Olin Medal, an award established in 1936 to recognize distinguished service to chemistry by women chemists. A protein chemist and structural biologist, Taylor received her B.A. in 1964 from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and in 1968, her Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She joined the University of California, San Diego in 1972. Her research has led to solving the crystal structure of the first protein kinase, providing a template for this entire family of essential regulatory enzymes.

WHO: Susan Taylor, University of California, San Diego

WHAT:"A Scientific Journey into the 21st Century" Women Chemist Committee luncheon

WHERE:San Diego Marriott, Marriott Hall 4

WHEN: Tuesday, April 3, 12:15 p.m.