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Amanda Bryant-Friedrich

Dr. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich is an Associate Professor of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry and Chemistry at the University of Toledo and presently Dean of the College of Graduate Studies. She was born and raised in northeastern North Carolina. Her early training was in organic chemistry with Dr. John Myers at North Carolina Central University (B.S. 1990) and Professor Richard Polniaszek at Duke University (M.S. 1992). She obtained her doctorate in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat. 1997) at the Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany with Professor Richard Neidlein followed by postdoctoral training at the Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland (1997-1999) with Professor Bernd Giese. From 2000-2007 she held the positions of assistant and associate professor at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan before moving to the University of Toledo.

Dr. Bryant-Friedrich is an active member of several professional and civic organizations including the American Chemical Society, where she is a member of the executive committee of the Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group and the Large Range Planning Committee for the division of Medicinal Chemistry as well as a former program chair and counselor for the division of Chemical Toxicology. She is an advocate supporter of the inclusion of diverse groups in the global scientific enterprise and works towards this objective through her involvement in the Association for Women in Science and the Society of STEM Women of Color. She is married to Dr. Klaus Friedrich and has two children, Klaus Bryant and Cornelia.

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