Kimberly Stegmaier has been named the David G. Nathan Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. A faculty member since 2002, she also currently serves as chair of pediatric oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and associate chief of the division of hematology and oncology at Boston Children’s Hospital. As a clinician, she has focused her efforts on acute leukemias and pediatric solid tumors of childhood. Her contributions have led to novel technologies, concepts, and targets with translational impact.
A Duke University alumna, Dr. Stegmaier earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School.
Morgan Loechli has been named the Dow Trustee Chair at Kalamazoo College in Michigan. Currently serving as an assistant professor of physics, she teaches courses on introductory physics, relativity and quantum physics, and climate science. Before joining the Kalamazoo College faculty in 2023, she was a part-time physics instructor at Washtenaw Community College in Michigan.
Dr. Loechli is a graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. both in applied physics from the University of Michigan.
Joan Wennstrom Bennett is the Ida A. Richardson Chair of Botany at Tulane University in New Orleans. Her appointment marks a return to Tulane, where she previously taught for over three decades. More recently, she was a distinguished professor of biochemistry and microbiology at Rutgers University in New Jersey. A leading expert in fungal genetics and microbiology, she is currently launching a new study to investigate the organic compounds produced by mold aboard crewed spacecraft.
Dr. Bennett received her bachelor’s degree in biology and history from Upsala College in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in botany and a Ph.D in botany and genetics from the University of Chicago.