Angela Wilson receives Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award from Univ. of Minnesota
Angela K. Wilson has received an Outstanding Achievement Award (OAA) from the University of Minnesota. The OAA honors alumni for their unusual distinction in their chosen professions or in public service, and who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and leadership at a community, state, national, or international level.
Angela earned her doctorate in chemical physics from the University of Minnesota in 1995, under the tutelage of the late Professor Jan Almløf. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Washington University. She is currently the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Michigan State University (MSU). The Hannah Professorships are the most important endowed chairs that Michigan State University has to offer. Angela is also associate dean for Strategic Initiatives in the College of Natural Sciences and director of a new center at MSU—the MSU Center for Quantum Computing, Science, and Engineering (MSU-Q).
Angela has received many national and international awards for her research accomplishments, including the American Chemical Society Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Distinguished Woman in Chemistry award. She is also a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2018, she was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame. She has more than 160 peer-reviewed publications.
Professor Wilson is an outstanding leader in the national and international chemistry community; she has held multiple leadership positions in the American Chemical Society and other professional societies. In October 2020, Angela was elected the 2021 American Chemical Society president-elect by members of the ACS.
