Since Chancellor Larive will be our speaker at our April meeting, we thought you might want to know a little about her. Larive is a first-generation college graduate, earning her bachelor’s of science from South Dakota State University and her master’s from Purdue University, both in chemistry. She earned her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from UC Riverside while raising daughters Erin and Megan with husband Jim.
Larive worked in the field of bioanalytical chemistry, applying analytical tools such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and mass spectrometry to the products of chemical separations. Much of her research focused on reducing the amount of sample needed for analysis to develop ways of increasing the sensitivity of measurements to obtain precise chemical and structural information.
She is committed to student success, inclusion, and equity, leading both undergraduate programs and mentoring graduate students, particularly encouraging women and other underrepresented groups in STEM. At UCSC, she prioritized improving graduation rates andeliminating graduation gaps for low-income and first-generation students, and for students from groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education. She restructured the Office of Student Affairs and Success to align with her goals.
Larive has authored more than 155 research publications, and has received funding to support her research from non-profit and corporate grant makers.
She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society, and has received campus and national awards for her teaching, research and leadership.
