Valerie Ashby
Valerie Ashby | |
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| President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Freeman Hrabowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Valerie Sheares Ashby September 6, 1966 Clayton, North Carolina, US |
| Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Awards | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Synthesis and Characterization of Thiophene-Based Poly (Arylene Ether Ketones) and Poly (Arylene Ether Sulfones) (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph DeSimone |
Valerie Sheares Ashby is an American chemist and university professor who currently serves as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She was the Dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University from 2015 to 2022 and formerly chair of the chemistry department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2012 to 2015. With her research group, she holds ten patents. On April 4, 2022, it was announced that Ashby would assume the position of president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.