Olga Gursky

Dr. Gursky has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and several book chapters. She is an elected Fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA), an editorial board member of the Journal of Lipid Research, and a frequent reviewer for NIH, NSF, AHA and other national, international and private agencies. She serves as a member of the Biophysics of Biological Membranes (BBM) study section at NIH. She is an editor of a book “Lipids in Protein Misfolding” in preparation for publication by Springer in 2015. She has served as a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. She is teaching major PhD-level courses and is involved in graduate admissions and mentoring.

Dr. Gursky has mentored a number of pre- and postdoctoral trainees who went on to their own successful careers in life sciences. All past PhD students graduated in 5 to 5 ½ years with a couple of first-author publications. We have a track record of maintaining a family-friendly environment and attracting women in science.

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