Mary K. Carroll

Mary K. Carroll Mahony (born 1964) is an American chemist.

Carroll was born in Massachusetts in 1964, and raised in upstate New York.[1] She earned a bachelor's degree from Union College in 1986,[1][2] followed by a doctorate at Indiana University Bloomington in 1991 before conducting postdoctoral research at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1][3] She returned to Union College in 1992 as a faculty member, receiving successive promotions from assistant to associate and full professor in 1998 and 2005.[1] Carroll became Union's Dwane W. Crichton Professor of Chemistry in 2017.[1][2] In returning to Union College, Carroll was the first Union alumna to be hired as a tenure-track professor by her alma mater.[4]

Carroll joined the American Chemical Society (ACS) as a member in 1986,[3] began serving as councilor of the Eastern New York ACS section in 1998,[5] and was elected an ACS fellow in 2016,[6] before serving as ACS president-elect and president in 2023 and 2024, respectively.[7][8]

Carroll's husband Michael Mahony and two daughters have also graduated from Union College.[5]

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  2. ^ a b "MARY K. CARROLL '86". Union College. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Mary K. Carroll President-Elect". American Chemical Society.
  4. ^ "Prof. Mary Carroll '86 announced as ACS President Elect". 26 October 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b "MARY K. (CARROLL) MAHONY '86". Union College. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Professor Mary Carroll named American Chemical Society Fellow". Union College. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  7. ^ "For president-elect Mary K. Carroll". Chemical & Engineering News. 98 (34).
  8. ^ "Mary K. Carroll wants to invite more people in". Chemical & Engineering News. 102 (1). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.