Anne Baranger

Anne Michelle Baranger
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Relatives
Scientific career
InstitutionsYale University
University of California, Berkeley
ThesisCatalytic and stoichiometric reactivity of Zirconocene and bridging zirconocene-iridium imido complexes (1993)

Anne Michelle Baranger is an American chemist who is professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the interim dean for the College of Chemistry. Her research considers the experiences of chemistry students and ways to increase the number of students studying STEM subjects.

Education

Baranger was an undergraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she majored in chemistry.[1] She moved to the University of California, Berkeley for graduate studies, where she completed a doctorate,[2] working under the supervision of Robert Bergman.

Career

Baranger joined the faculty at the Wesleyan University in 1996.[1] She spent 10 years at Wesleyan, before moving to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2006.[3] At UIUC, Baranger was affiliated with the Biochemistry Department (in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, MCB[4]) and the Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, to continue research work focused on "understanding, controlling, and modifying processes involving RNA",[5] and she was made associate head of the Department of Chemistry. Baranger was appointed as a UIUC Chancellors Fellow in 2010, to begin work on that university's I-STEM Education Initiative, where the aim was to "develop a method for the evaluation of STEM departments" (with Chemistry being the prototype department), and to establish a STEM task force campus-wide "to establish a better flow of information and collaboration between... STEM units" at that university.[5]

Baranger moved to University of California, Berkeley in 2011, to become Director of Undergraduate Chemistry.[1] In 2020 she became the Berkeley College of Chemistry's first associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion.[6] In 2025 she became the interim dean for the College of Chemistry. She is the first woman to serve in this role. [7]

Chemistry education research

In addition to the early research on the biochemistry and biophysics of RNA, Baranger's research moved in the direction of chemical education, where it has addressed chemistry education and the development of evidence-based educational practices, including examining representation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, the experience of chemistry majors, integration of green chemistry in laboratory instruction, and strategies to improve the chemistry education in general.[1] She has also examined the concept of sense of belonging in chemistry departments.[8][9]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

  • Marcia C Linn; Erin Palmer; Anne Baranger; Elizabeth Gerard; Elisa Stone (February 1, 2015). "Education. Undergraduate research experiences: impacts and opportunities". Science. 347 (6222) 1261757. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.1261757. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 25657254.
  • Stachl, Christiane N.; Baranger, Anne M. (May 21, 2020). "Sense of belonging within the graduate community of a research-focused STEM department: Quantitative assessment using a visual narrative and item response theory". PLOS ONE. 15 (5) e0233431. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1533431S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0233431. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7241794. PMID 32437417.
  • Walsh, P. J.; Baranger, A. M.; Bergman, R. G. (August 21, 2010). "ChemInform Abstract: Stoichiometric and Catalytic Hydroamination of Alkynes and Allene by Zirconium Bisamides Cp2Zr(NHR)2". ChemInform. 23 (26): no. doi:10.1002/chin.199226089. ISSN 0931-7597.

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Anne M. Baranger". University of California, Berkeley. May 9, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Baranger, Anne Michelle (1993). Catalytic and stoichiometric reactivity of Zirconocene and bridging zirconocene-iridium imido complexes. OCLC 927418986.
  3. ^ Heckel, Jodi (November 15, 2005). "Chemistry Department nets two rising stars". The News-Gazette. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "History of Chemistry begins with University's founding in 1867". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. February 13, 2024. As stated here, this Department had moved from the School of Chemical Sciences, which has continued to house the Department of Chemistry, to the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
  5. ^ a b "Chancellor's Fellow Anne Baranger to Study Evaluation Methods for STEM Departments". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning. September 21, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "Berkeley College of Chemistry: Anne Baranger Announced as Inaugural Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion". University of California, Berkeley. August 19, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  7. ^ "Anne Baranger to serve as interim dean of UC Berkeley College of Chemistry". University of California, Berkeley. May 29, 2025. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  8. ^ Stachl, Christiane N.; Baranger, Anne M. (May 21, 2020). "Sense of belonging within the graduate community of a research-focused STEM department: Quantitative assessment using a visual narrative and item response theory". PLOS ONE. 15 (5) e0233431. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1533431S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0233431. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7241794. PMID 32437417.
  9. ^ Brauer, Daniel D.; Mizuno, Hikaru; Stachl, Christiane N.; Gleason, Jamie M.; Bumann, Sonja; Yates, Brice; Francis, Matthew B.; Baranger, Anne M. (January 11, 2022). "Mismatch in Perceptions of Success: Investigating Academic Values among Faculty and Doctoral Students". Journal of Chemical Education. 99 (1): 338–345. Bibcode:2022JChEd..99..338B. doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00429. ISSN 0021-9584. S2CID 239216557.
  10. ^ "Alfred P. Sloan Foundation". www.chronicle.com. May 19, 2000. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  11. ^ "ACS-CEI Award for Incorporation of Sustainability Into Chemical Education". American Chemical Society. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  12. ^ "Grants". Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
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