Mary Anne White is Killam Research Professor in Materials Science, and also Professor of Chemistry and Physics, at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her main appointment is in Chemistry (this is also what she teaches), and her research involves measurement of physical properties of materials, especially as they change with temperature.
Mary Anne received her BSc (Honors Chemistry), from the University
of Western Ontario in 1975, and her PhD (Chemistry) from McMaster University in 1980. From 1979-81, she was a
postdoctoral researcher at Oxford University, England. Following two years as an assistant professor at the
University of Waterloo, Mary Anne moved to Dalhousie University in 1983. She was promoted to full professor in 1992.
Mary Anne has published more than 70 papers in her research field. In addition, she is active in bringing science to the general public (lectures, interactions with the local science museum, and national radio and television contributions). Mary Anne lives in Halifax with her husband (and fellow chemist) Rob, and their children, David and Alice.
