Kathy Spindler
Katherine R. (Kathy) Spindler, Ph.D., is an American virologist who is a co-host of the podcast This Week in Virology along with colleagues Vincent Racaniello, Brianne Barker, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, Angela Mingarelli, Jolene Ramsey, and the late Dickson Despommier.[1]
Spindler, born 1 December 1953,[2] is Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan Medicine, specializing in adenoviruses. She has also worked on rhabdoviruses, bunyaviruses, and the bacteriophage phi X 174.[3]
She was awarded the American Society for Virology Wolfgang and Patricia Joklik Distinguished Service Award in 2003.[3][4]
As a senior scientist, Spindler has been recognized as a Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science[5] and the American Academy of Microbiology, the leadership group of the American Society for Microbiology.[6]
She served as secretary-treasurer of the American Society for Virology[3] from 2004-2017. She taught undergraduate and graduate students and guided research in the Spindler Lab[7] at the University of Michigan (2001-2024) and the University of Georgia (1985-2001).
References
[edit]- ↑ "This Week in Virology" https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/
- ↑ "Ancestry.com" https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/70003083/person/36357256090/facts
- 1 2 3 "Katherine Spindler, PhD, is M&I Professor Emerita" https://medschool.umich.edu/department-news/katherine-spindler-phd-mi-professor-emerita
- ↑ "Katherine R. Spindler PhD Awarded Wolfgang and Patricia Joklik Distinguished Service Award" https://medresearch.umich.edu/department-news/katherine-r-spindler-phd-awarded-wolfgang-and-patricia-joklik-distinguished-service-award-asv
- ↑ "AAAS Elected Fellows" https://www.aaas.org/fellows/listing
- ↑ "ASM Biographies Kathy Spindler" https://asm.org/biographies/kathy-spindler
- ↑ "University of Michigan Spindler Lab" https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/