About the Author| Regina Murphy received her S.B. in Chemical Engineering in 1978 from MIT, then took a job at Chevron’s Richmond Refinery to learn about real engineering. During her 5 years at Chevron she wore several hats, all of them hard. She returned to MIT in 1983 and obtained her Ph.D under the guidance of Clark Colton and Martin Yarmush, where she spent many happy hours playing basketball and softball, and at the Muddy Charles. In 1989 she joined the faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her current research interests are in protein misfolding and aggregation. She has taught several courses throughout the undergraduate curriculum, with a particular interest in chemical processing, and is currently the departmental Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs. She lives in an old Victorian house in Madison with her husband Mark Etzel, also a professor at UW, and their twin sons. |
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