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Gilda A. Barabino is an African-American scientist, educator, and higher education administrator, and the incoming president of Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Previously, she was the Daniel and Frances Berg Professor and Dean of The Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York. Barabino is also the founder and executive director of the National Institute for Faculty Equity.

Early life and education
Barabino was born in Anchorage, Alaska but moved regularly as a child because her father served in the U.S. Air Force. Her family finally settled in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she graduated from high school.

Barabino earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1978. She would later receive an honorary doctorate from her undergraduate alma mater and join their board of trustees in 2016. She earned her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Rice University in 1986. She was the first African American student admitted to Rice to pursue a Ph.D. in that program and only the fifth African American female in the nation to obtain a doctorate in chemical engineering. Her dissertation Rheological studies in sickle cell disease marked the beginning of a long career studying sickle cell disease.

Northeastern University
Barabino's first academic appointment was at Northeastern University starting in 1989. She rose to the rank of full professor of chemical engineering and served as vice provost for undergraduate education. Awarded a National Science Foundation Visiting Professorship for Women, she was visiting professor in chemical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1996 to 1998. She spent time as an affiliate in Robert Langer's lab at MIT gaining experience in tissue engineering.

Georgia Institute of Technology
From 2007 to 2013, Barabino was professor of biomedical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University and served as associate chair for graduate studies. She also served as president of the Biomedical Engineering Society from 2012 to 2014.

The City College of New York
Barabino has been the Dean of The Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York and the Daniel and Frances Berg Professor since 2013. She also served as president of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering from 2016 to 2018.

In 2015, Barabino received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. In 2017, she won the Pierre Galletti Award from the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering "for long-standing, consistent and systematic vision, leadership and accomplishments in the creation of inclusion in medical and biological engineering and for excellence in research in sickle cell disease and cartilage engineering." In 2018, she was presented the Dr. Joseph N. Cannon Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers. In 2019, she was inducted to the National Academy of Engineering "for leadership in bioengineering research and inclusive models of bioengineering education and faculty mentoring."

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
On July 1, 2020, Barabino will become the second president of Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, succeeding founding president Richard K. Miller.