Joanna Fowler

Joanna Sigfred Fowler
Born (1942-08-09) August 9, 1942 (age 82)
Alma materUniversity of South Florida
University of Colorado
AwardsGarvan–Olin Medal (1998)
E. O. Lawrence Award (1998)
National Medal of Science (2008)
NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (2009)
Scientific career
Fieldsnuclear medicine
InstitutionsBrookhaven National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Stony Brook University

Joanna Sigfred Fowler (born August 9, 1942) is a scientist emeritus at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. She served as professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine[1] and director of Brookhaven's Radiotracer Chemistry, Instrumentation and Biological Imaging Program.[2] Fowler studied the effect of disease, drugs, and aging on the human brain and radiotracers in brain chemistry. She has received many awards for her pioneering work, including the National Medal of Science.

  1. ^ "Dr. Fowler, Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Senior Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, received the National Medal of Science". Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  2. ^ Koropsak, Jane. "Brookhaven Lab Grants Scientist Emeritus Status to Retired Chemist Joanna S. Fowler." BNL Newsroom. Brookhaven National Laboratory, 21 Feb. 2014. Web. 25 Mar. 2015.