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Sophia Y. Lunt, Ph.D.

 

     

     Sophia Y. Lunt, Ph.D.
     Professor
     Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
     Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
     Michigan State University
     sophia at msu.edu

 

 

EDUCATION

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  DoD Visionary Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2015
• Princeton University
  Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2010
• Lebanon Valley College
  B.S. with Highest Honors in Chemistry, 2005

 

POSITIONS AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• 2021-Present:  Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University
• 2015-2021:  Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University
• 2010-2015:  DoD Visionary Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Matthew G. Vander Heiden, MIT
• 2005-2010:  Graduate Research Associate of Dr. Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Princeton University
• 2002-2005:  Undergraduate Research Scholar of Dr. Owen A. Moe, Lebanon Valley College

 

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Please see my publications page.

 

HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

• 2022  Michigan State University College of Natural Science Teacher-Scholar Award
• 2022  Michigan State University Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Teaching Award
• 2020  Metabolomics Association of North America Young Investigator Award
• 2019  NSF CAREER Award
• 2019  METAvivor Early Career Investigator Award
• 2016  AACR-Incyte NextGen Grant for Transformative Cancer Research
• 2015  DoD CDMRP Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Breakthrough Award
• 2015  Mayo Clinic Metabolomics Research Core Pilot and Feasibility Award
• 2014  Best Oral Presentation Award, Michigan Physiological Society
• 2012  DoD CDMRP PRCRP Visionary Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
• 2007  Quantitative and Computational Biology Training Grant, NIH
• 2005  Hugh Stott Taylor Merit Award, Princeton University
• 2005  Eli Lilly-Edward Taylor Fellowship for Top Graduate Student, Princeton University
• 2005  Howard Anthony Neidig Award for Top Graduate of Lebanon Valley College
• 2005  American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Undergrad Research Award
• 2005  Andrew Bender Memorial Chemistry Award
• 2005  Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conferences Academic Honor Roll
• 2004  American Chemical Society Physical Chemistry Undergraduate Award
• 2004  American Chemical Society Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award
• 2004  Andrew Bender Scholarship
• 2004  Delaware Valley Forum Chromatography Award
• 2003  Lebanon Valley College Award for Excellence in Writing
• 2003  Lebanon Valley College Sophomore Achievement Award in Chemistry
• 2002  Lebanon Valley College Presidential Scholarship – Full Tuition Award

 

ACTIVE GRANTS

• National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health R01CA270136
  Principal Investigator
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award CBET 1845006
  Principal Investigator

 

TEACHING

• Biochemistry 101, Frontiers in Biochemistry
• Biochemistry 461, Advanced Biochemistry I
• Physiology 950, Special Topics - Cancer Biology