User:Smirkybec/Phyllis R. Robinson

Phyllis R. Robinson is a professor of biological sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

Career
Robinson was awarded a BA from Wellesley College, and later a PhD from University of Washington. In 2000 she founded the UMBC's Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) group. She succeeded Lasse Lindahl as the professor of biological sciences at UMBC.

Robinson was appointed Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Chair of Biological Sciences at the UMBC in recognition of her work in gender equity, research and mentoring.