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'''Joanna S.Sigfred Fowler''' (born August 9, 1942) is a Scientistscientist Emeritusemeritus at the [[U.S. Department of Energy]]'s [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]] in New York. She served as Professorprofessor of Psychiatrypsychiatry at [[Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Mount Sinai School of Medicine]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mountsinai.org/patient-care/service-areas/psychiatry/news/joanna-fowler-phd-receives-nations-highest-honor-for-outstanding-achievement-in-science|title=Dr. Fowler, Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Senior Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, received the National Medal of Science.|last=|firstaccess-date=2016-10-27|archive-date=2017-09-25|websitearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925180740/http://www.mountsinai.org/patient-care/service-areas/psychiatry/news/joanna-fowler-phd-receives-nations-highest-honor-for-outstanding-achievement-in-science|publisher=|accessurl-datestatus=dead}}</ref> and Directordirector of Brookhaven's Radiotracer Chemistry, Instrumentation and Biological Imaging Program.<ref>Koropsak, Jane. [https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=24633 "Brookhaven Lab Grants Scientist Emeritus Status to Retired Chemist Joanna S. Fowler."] BNL Newsroom. Brookhaven National Laboratory, 21 Feb. 2014. Web. 25 Mar. 2015.</ref> Fowler studied the effect of disease, drugs, and aging on the human brain and [[radiotracer]]s in brain chemistry. She has received many awards for her pioneering work, including the [[National Medal of Science]].

Joanna Sigfred Fowler was born in [[Miami, Florida]], and attended the [[University of South Florida]], where she received her bachelor's degree in Chemistrychemistry in 1964. There, she worked in the laboratories of Jack Fernandez. Fowler received her [[Ph.D.]] in chemistry from the [[University of Colorado of Boulder|University of Colorado]] in 1967 and did her [[postdoctoral]] work at the [[University of East Anglia]] in England and at [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]]. Fowler worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1969 until her retirement in January 2014. She is an Emeritusemeritus Professorprofessor in the Chemistrychemistry Departmentdepartment at [[Stony Brook University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=E. O. Lawrence Awards Hail Advances in Science |url=https://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/1998/doepr102798.html |website=www.bnl.gov |publisher=DOE Press Release and BNL Backgrounder |accessdateaccess-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref>

She is married to Frank Fowler, an Emeritusemeritus Professorprofessor of Organicorganic Chemistrychemistry at Stony Brook University.

Fowler's research has led to new fundamental knowledge, development of important scientific tools, and has broad impacts in the application of [[nuclear medicine]] to diagnostics and health. She has worked for much of her career developing radiotracers for brain imaging to understand the mechanisms underlying drug addiction. Most recently, she has been engaged in developing methods to understand the relationship between [[genes]], brain chemistry, and behavior.<ref name="Feng">{{cite web | url=https://www.sbstatesman.com/2009/11/02/a-conversation-with-joanna-fowler/ | title=A Conversation with Joanna Fowler | publisher=The Statesman | accessdateaccess-date=April 18, 2016 | author=Feng, Rhoda | website=sbstatesman.com| date=2 November 2009 }}</ref>

==Major Publicationspublications==

Dr. Fowler has published approximately 530 papers.<ref name="scopus">{{cite web|url=https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=35398051200|title=Author Details|last=|first=|date=|website=Scopus|archive-url=|archiveaccess-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=27 October 2016}}</ref> The following are a few of the most cited:

* Brain dopamine and obesity. Wang, G.-J., Volkow, N., Fowler, J., et al. ''The Lancet''. Volume 327, Issue 9253, 2001, Pages 354-357354–357.

* 1997 -– [[Society of Nuclear Medicine]]'s Paul C. Aebersold Award for outstanding achievement in basic science<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snmmi.org/AboutSNMMI/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=5110|title=Paul C. Aebersold Award Recipients -– SNMMI|website=www.snmmi.org|access-date=2016-10-27}}</ref>

* 1998 -– [[American Chemical Society]]'s Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/bytopic/francis-p-garvan-john-m-olin-medal.html|title=Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal -– American Chemical Society|website=American Chemical Society|access-date=2016-10-27}}</ref>

* 1998 -– [[Ernest Lawrence#Death and legacy|E.O. Lawrence Award]], awarded by the Department of Energy<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2016-08-18|title=Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award -– Award Laureates|url=http://science.energy.gov/lawrence/award-laureates/|journal=|volume=}}</ref>

* 2000 -– [[Society of Nuclear Imaging in Drug Development]]'s Alfred P. Wolf Award

* 2002 -– [[American Chemical Society]]'s [[List of things named after Glenn T. Seaborg|Glen T. Seaborg Award]] for Nuclear Chemistry<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/bytopic/glenn-t-seaborg-award-for-nuclear-chemistry.html?_ga=1.34889001.983168740.1477593986|title=Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry -– American Chemical Society|website=American Chemical Society|access-date=2016-10-27}}</ref>

* 2005 -– Distinguished Basic Scientist of the Year Award from the [[Academy of Molecular Imaging]] (AMI)

* 2008 -– [[National Medal of Science]], administered by the National Science Foundation and bestowed by the Presidentpresident of the United States

* 2009 -– [[NAS Award in Chemical Sciences|National Academy of Science Award]] in Chemical Sciences, awarded by the [[National Academy of Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/chemical-sciences.html|title=NAS Award in Chemical Sciences|last=http://www.bostoninteractive.com|first=Boston Interactive -|website=www.nasonline.org|access-date=2016-10-27}}</ref>

* 2011 -– Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award, sponsored by the [[American Chemical Society]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=11303|title=Brookhaven Lab's Joanna Fowler Receives Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award|date=June 24, 2011}}</ref>

[[Category:WomenAmerican women chemists]]

[[Category:OrganicAmerican organic chemists]]