MSU ALUMNA IS 2015 RISING STAR

Jamie Curtis Fisk has been selected as one of 10 women who in 2015 will receive a Rising Star Award from the Women Chemists Committee (WCC) of the American Chemical Society (ACS). She earned a PhD in chemistry at MSU in 2008.

Curtis-Fisk is an associate scientist in the formulation science group within The Dow Chemical Company's Core Research and Design department, based in Midland, Mich. She has been with Dow since 2010 and formulates ways to deliver ingredients for such things as pharmaceuticals, microbial control and packaging.

She has authored 23 internal technology reports, 16 internal invention-concept documents, nine active patent applications, seven external publications and 11 national conference presentations.

Nationally, Curtis-Fist is active in championing Dow's Research and Design Department's STEM efforts. Additionally, she founded and serves as chair for a local WCC chapter.

“On behalf of the Women Chemists Committee, we want to congratulate the new group of Rising Star Award winners,” said Amber Charlebois, WCC ACS Chair. “It’s exceptional for three of the award winners to be from the same organization, so we want to extend special congratulations to Dow on the success of the three women recognized this year.”

Curtis-Fisk, along with the other Rising Star Award winners, will be formally recognized at the ACS spring National Meeting in Denver.