Susan Lowey
# Susan Lowey

Susan Lowey (born 22 January 1933 in Vienna) is an American biophysicist researching the structure and function of contractile proteins. She currently teaches in the Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics at the University of Vermont and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the Biophysical Society.

## Education

Lowey received her BA from Barnard College, PhD in Physical Chemistry from Yale University and pursued post-doctoral research at Harvard University on the biochemistry and structure of myosin, a protein involved in muscle contraction.

## Career

Lowey was employed for about a decade at the Children's Cancer Research Foundation and Harvard Medical School. In 1972, Lowey became a faculty member at The Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University to collaborate with biophysicists. In 1998, Lowey was appointed as a faculty member in the Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics at the University of Vermont.

## Awards and recognitions

* 1974 Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Science Recipient.
* 1990 Lowey was elected as fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
* 1999 Lowey became a fellow of the Biophysical Society.
