Amy E. Palmer

  • (she/her/hers)
  • Principal Investigator
  • Professor
  • Director College of Arts & Sciences Honors Program
  • BIOCHEMISTRY
  • BIOFRONTIERS INSTITUTE
  • CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE

  Education

Stanford University (2001)
Ph.D. Chemistry
Thesis: Spectroscopic Studies of Multicopper Oxidases: Probing the Nature and Reactivity of the Different Copper Sites

Stanford University (2000)
M.A. Education
Emphasis: Curriculum Development and Teacher Education in Science

Dartmouth College (1994)
B.A. Biophysical Chemistry, cum laude
Thesis: The Effect of Ascorbate and Glutathione on the Interaction of Chromium(VI) with DNA

  Research Experience

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California San Diego
Advisor: Roger Y. Tsien (Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2008)

Graduate Research Assistant (September 1995 - September 2001)
Stanford University, Department of Chemistry
Advisor: Edward I. Solomon

Professional Research Assistant (June 1994 - July 1995)
Dartmouth College, Department of Chemistry
Advisor: Karen E. Wetterhahn

Undergraduate Research Assistant (March 2003 - June 2004)
Dartmouth College, Department of Chemistry
Advisor: Karen E. Wetterhahn

   Awards

2024    Cogswell Award for Inspirational Teaching, CU Boulder

2021    Beckman Center for Light Sheet Microscopy and Data Science Award

2019    Janelia Research Campus, Advanced Imaging Center, Visiting Scientist – 2 weeks

2019    College Scholar Award, CU Boulder College of Arts and Sciences

2017    Marinus Smith Award, CU Boulder

2016    Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in STEM Education, CU Boulder

2016    ASSETT Faculty Development Award, CU Boulder

2015    Chair Elect: Cell Biology of Metals Gordon Research Conference

2014    NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

2013    Program Project Grant Awardee – Human Frontiers Science Project

2010    NSF CAREER award

2010    Ed Stiefel Young Investigator Award in Biological Inorganic Chemistry

2010    Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

2007    Whitehall Foundation Award

  About Me

What I do for fun: Master's swimming, hiking my dog, snowboarding, skate skiing, camping, cooking, reading.

Current favorite authors: Colson Whitehead and Siddhartha Mukherjee.

Random fact: I am a certified Stroke and Turn judge for US Swimming.

Something I can't help but love: "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me: The NPR News Quiz". For some reason I am so happy whenever this show comes on when I am driving around on Sat morning.