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May Berenbaum

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May Berenbaum · Science & Medicine

What

Entomologist of insect-plant chemistry and pollinator decline; National Medal of Science (2011)

When

1953, Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Where

United States

Biography

May Berenbaum is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Entomologist of insect-plant chemistry and pollinator decline; National Medal of Science (2011)

How & why

May Berenbaum is an American entomologist at the University of Illinois whose research on the chemical interactions between insects and plants, and on pollinator and honeybee decline, earned her the National Medal of Science. She has also been a prominent public communicator of science. Publicly consulted biographies do not detail her religious background, though she appears on community rosters of Jewish scientists.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science

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Entomologist of insect-plant chemistry and pollinator decline; National Medal of Science (2011)

2011

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science