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Nina Fedoroff
American biologist
Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff (born April 9, 1942) is an American molecular biologist known for her research in life sciences and biotechnology, especially transposable elements or jumping genes.[1] and plant stress response.[2][3] In 2007, President George W.
Bush awarded her the National Medal of Science, she is also a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[2] the European Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Microbiology.[4]
Early Days
Fedoroff, whose father was a Russian immigrant to the US and her mother a first generation immigrant, was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
Her first language was Russian.[5] When she was nine years old her family moved to Fayetteville, New York, a suburb of the city of Syracuse.
She then relocated to Philadelphia where she planned to study music but returned to study science at Syracuse