Karine Auclair
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PhD, University of Alberta
Karine Auclair | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jonquière, Québec, Canada |
| Education | BSc, Chemistry, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi PhD, University of Alberta |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | McGill University |
| Thesis | Biosynthetic studies on the polyketide lovastatin: enzyme-catalyzed diels-alder reactions (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | John C. Vederas |
Karine Auclair is a Canadian chemist. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Antimicrobials and Green Enzymes at McGill University.
Auclair was born and raised in Jonquière, Québec[1][2] in a low-income family.[3] While she originally intended to pursue her Bachelor of Science abroad, her student visa was lost in the mail.[4] Auclair thus completed her Bachelor of Science in chemistry at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and received the Governor General's Academic Medal for graduating with the highest grade point average.[5] Following her undergraduate degree, Auclair enrolled at the University of Alberta for her PhD in organic chemistry.[2] As both Auclair and her mother took a cholesterol-lowering agent for high blood pressure, her research focused on understanding how fungi naturally synthesized lovastatin. This resulted in her discovering the first enzyme to catalyze a Diels-Alder reaction.[3] Following her PhD, Auclair completed a post-doctoral fellowship in pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco from 1999 to 2001.[2]
