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To find more details of Marlene's academic career, see her Wikipedia and University at Albany Pages

Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Albany, SUNY.
Senior Advisor, The RNA Institute, UAlbany.
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

1994 American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
1999 National Academy of Sciences (Member)
1999 American Academy of Microbiology (Fellow)
1999-2000 Excellence in Research award (UAlbany, SUNY)
2000 Women of Excellence award (Albany Chamber of Commerce)
2001 Commissioner’s Recognition Award (NYS Dept. of Health)
2001 NIH MERIT Award
2002 Alice C. Evans Award (American Society for Microbiology)
2002 Chancellor Award for Science, Engineering & Medicine (Research Foundation, UAlbany, SUNY)
2003 Distinguished Professor (UAlbany, SUNY)
2006 Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa (Hebrew University)
2007 American Association for Advancement of Science (Fellow)
2008 Distinguished Scientist (Wadsworth Center)
2013 Council of Councils, NIH
2018 Change Maker (Center for Women in Government and Civil Society)
2019 Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa (University of Cape Town)
2019 Academic Citizen Laureate (UAlbany, SUNY)
2022 ASBMB (American Society for Biochemists and Molecular Biologists) Leadership Award
2023 RNA Society Lifetime Achievement in Science Award