Abstract
VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE, according to an old saying. Allison Campbell would agree. Born in 1963, the Portland, Ore., native is an exceptional chemist, known widely for her work in biomaterials, and she is also a leader at a prestigious national laboratory—and a teacher, a mountaineer, a community activist, and a world-class equestrian. Currently deputy director of the W.R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a Department of Energy national scientific user facility at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Campbell has worked for the Richland, Wash., lab since 1990, when she began a postdoctoral fellowship in its materials science department. She is one of the inventors of a process that may extend the life of artificial hip and knee implants by growing a bioactive calcium phosphate layer on the implant surfaces. This bioactive coating also helps to reduce rejection of the implant, which may save the recipients the pain and financial ...
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