Valerie Ashby

**Valerie Sheares Ashby** ƙwararriyar masaniyar sinadarai ce 'yar Amurka kuma farfesa a jami'a wacce a halin yanzu take aiki a matsayin shugabar Jami'ar Maryland, Baltimore County .  Ta kasance Shugabar Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Trinity a Jami'ar Duke  daga 2015 zuwa 2022 kuma ta taɓa zama shugabar sashen sinadarai a Jami'ar North Carolina da ke Chapel Hill daga 2012 zuwa 2015. Tare da ƙungiyar bincikenta, tana da haƙƙin mallaka goma.  A ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 2022, an sanar da  cewa Ashby za ta karɓi matsayin shugabar Jami'ar Maryland, Baltimore County .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Ashby kuma ta girma a Clayton, North Carolina . An fara gabatar da ita ga kimiyya ta hanyar mahaifinta, wanda malamin lissafi da kimiyya ne na makarantar sakandare.  Ashby ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a Jami'ar North Carolina da ke Chapel Hill (UNC) tare da digiri na farko a fannin sinadarai a shekarar 1988.  Bayan kammala karatunta, ta yi aiki a matsayin masanin kimiyyar noma da sinadarai na halitta a Rhône-Poulenc, wanda ke cikin wurin shakatawa na Research Triangle Park da ke kusa. 

### Karatun digiri na biyu
Ashby ta koma UNC don karatun digiri na biyu a shekarar 1989, tana aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar bincike a dakin gwaje-gwajen Farfesa Joseph DeSimone kuma ta kammala karatunta, mai taken *Synthesis and Characterization of Thiophene -Based Poly(Arylene Ether Ketones) da Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfones)*, a shekarar 1994. A lokacin karatun digiri na biyu, Ashby ta yi aiki a matsayin masanin kimiyya mai ziyara a Cibiyar Bincike ta Almaden ta IBM da ke San Jose, California, a lokacin bazara na 1992, inda ta yi aiki kan hada polyetherimides masu dauke da thiophene .  Ta kuma yi bazara na 1993 a matsayin masanin kimiyya mai ziyara a Kamfanin Sinadaran Eastman da ke Kingsport, Tennessee, inda ta yi nazari kan rawar da masu kara kuzari ke takawa a asalin jikin launi a cikin poly(ester amide). 

### Nazarin postdoctoral
Bayan kammala karatun digirin digirgir (Ph.D.), Ashby ta yi aiki a matsayin Jami'ar NSF da kuma Jami'ar NATO a Cibiyar Nazarin Sinadarai ta Organic ta Jami'ar Johannes Gutenberg da ke Jamus . A Mainz, Ashby ta yi aiki a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Farfesa Reimund Stadler kan haɗar da na'urorin ABC block copolymers . 

## Sana'a

### Jami'ar Jihar Iowa
Ashby ta fara aikinta na ilimi mai zaman kanta a Jami'ar Jihar Iowa a matsayin mataimakiyar farfesa a shekarar 1996, kuma an ɗaukaka ta zuwa mataimakin farfesa a shekarar 2002. Yayin da take Jihar Iowa, Ashby ta kasance mai ba da shawara ga Shirin Jami'ar Jihar Iowa na Mata a Kimiyya da Injiniyanci, wani shirin bincike na bazara ga ɗaliban jami'a da sakandare.

### Jami'ar North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Ashby ta shafe watan Agusta na 2003 zuwa Yuni na 2004 tana hutun hutu a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Massachusetts a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Farfesa Robert Langer . A watan Agusta na 2003, Ashby ta fara nadinta a matsayin farfesa a UNC Chapel Hill.  A shekarar 2005, an ba Ashby tallafin NSF  wanda ke da nufin ƙara yawan 'yan tsiraru marasa wakilci waɗanda ke samun digirin digirgir a fannonin STEM. Aikinta ya taimaka wajen ƙara yawan kammala karatun digirin digirgir ga 'yan tsiraru marasa wakilci daga kusan kashi 60% zuwa 85% a UNC.  An naɗa ta Mataimakiyar Shugabar Nazarin Digiri na Farko a watan Agusta na 2005. An ba Ashby matsayin cikakken farfesa kuma Farfesa na Bowman da Gordon Gray a fannin Kimiyyar Sinadarai a watan Yuli na 2007. A watan Yuli na 2012 an naɗa ta shugabar sashen sinadarai da kuma daraktan sashen koyarwa na UNC Chapel Hill Graduate School Initiative for Minority Excellence (IME) a watan Yuli na 2014. &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

Ta hanyar aikinta, Ashby ta tara kyaututtuka da dama, ciki har da kyautar ci gaban aiki ta Gidauniyar Kimiyya ta Ƙasa, kyautar DuPont Young Faculty Award, kyautar 3M Young Faculty Award, kyautar hidimar malamai ta ƙungiyar tsofaffin ɗalibai ta UNC Chapel Hill, kyautar koyarwa ta farko ta J. Carlyle Sitterson, kyautar koyarwa ta ɗalibi ta UNC, da kyautar koyarwa ta Johnston don koyar da ɗaliban digiri na farko. 

### Jami'ar Duke
A ranar 7 ga Mayu, 2015, Shugaban Jami'ar Duke Richard H. Brodhead da Provost Sally Kornbluth sun sanar da cewa Ashby za ta zama shugabar Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Trinity ta gaba a Jami'ar Duke bayan ta gaji Laurie Patton, wacce ta zama sabuwar shugabar Middlebury .  Kwamitin binciken da ya nada kuma ya goyi bayan Ashby ya kunshi malamai, dalibai, masu gudanarwa da kuma amintattu.

### Jami'ar Maryland, Gundumar Baltimore

A ranar Litinin, 4 ga Afrilu, 2022, Shugaban UMBC mai barin gado Freeman Hrabowski ya sanar da cewa Ashby zai zama Shugaban UMBC na gaba, wanda zai fara aiki daga ranar 1 ga Agusta, 2022.  Ashby kuma yana da mukamin malami a Sashen Kimiyya da Kimiyyar Halittu na UMBC. 

## Jerin haƙƙin mallaka

* "Siffar Kayan Ƙwaƙwalwa da Kayan Halittu Tare da Ƙirƙirar Siffofin Nanoscopic da Microscopic", an shigar da takardar izinin mallaka, 5/14.
* "Masu haɗa sinadarin Iodin don wakilan CT Contrast", an shigar da takardar izinin mallaka a ranar 8/14.
* "Kayayyakin da Za a Iya Dasawa Bisa Polyester da Kayan Aikin Likitancin Halittu da Za a Iya Dasawa Daga Cikinsu", an bayar da shi a ranar 9/6/11, Lambar Haƙƙin mallaka ta Amurka 8,013,061
* "Masu Haɗa Magungunan Methacrylic Masu Hana pH da Samar da Su", wanda aka bayar a ranar 1/07, Lambar Haƙƙin mallaka ta Amurka 7,160,971.
* "Masu amfani da Diene Monomers da Polymers da ke ɗauke da Dienes masu aiki da hanyoyin shirya su", Ci gaba da aka bayar a ranar 6/03, Lambar Haƙƙin mallaka 6,583,260 
* "Masu amfani da Diene Monomers da Polymers masu aiki waɗanda ke ɗauke da Dienes masu aiki da hanyoyin shirya su", Ci gaba da aka bayar 2/02, Lambar Haƙƙin mallaka 6,344,538
* "Masu amfani da Diene Monomers da Polymers da ke ɗauke da Dienes masu aiki da hanyoyin shirya su", An bayar da 8/00, Lambar Haƙƙin mallaka 6,100,373 
* "Masu Haɗakar Sinadarai Masu Ƙarfin Aiki da Hanyoyi", An Bada 2/03, Lambar Haƙƙin mallaka 6,515,101 
* "Kayayyakin da Za a Iya Rusawa Bisa Polyester da Kayan Aikin Likitancin Halittu da Za a Iya Dasawa Daga Cikinsu", An Bada 2/13, Lambar Haƙƙin mallaka 8,383,725 

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