Amy Gladfelter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Amy Gladfelter

American cell biologist

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1974

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: biologist, cell biologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Amy S.
Gladfelter (born April 27, 1974) is a quantitative cell biologist and Associate Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she mainly investigates cell cycle control and the septin cytoskeleton.
She discovered that nuclei in multinucleated cells can undergo the cell cycle asynchronously despite sharing a common cytoplasm and continues to investigate spatial organization of the cell and cellular components.
Additionally, she studies the assembly of the septin cytoskeleton and the how aberrant septin structure affects their function.
She has trained and mentored many undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows.
The American Society for Cell Biology named her the winner of the 2015 WICB Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Research for her contributions to the field.
Gladfelter was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Faculty Scholar in 2016.