With family of origin (7 siblings+father), 11/16
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BIOGRAPHY/PERSONAL INFORMATION
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As chorus member (Henry Higgins's servant, rightmost), Syracuse Opera Production of My Fair Lady, April 2016
Active in training both undergraduate and graduate chemists and biochemists at Syracuse University
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Sailing in my little Sunfish on Cazenovia Lake
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High school yearbook photo taken fall 1972. Here, as published in the Harvard Freshman Register in Fall 1973.
Family
- Parents: Alex Braiman MD (psychiatrist, born in Brooklyn 1926; deceased 2020); Pauline Pommerenke Braiman (nurse born Pittsburgh 1933, deceased 1985)
- Siblings (7): Beth Young, Natasha Dougherty; Daniel, Jonathan, Theodore, Sarah, and Michael Braiman. Only Jonathan still resides in NY (Saratoga Springs)
- Nieces and Nephews: 20 total, 1 of whom still resides in NY.
Political
Since January 2022: Member, Libertarian Party National Platform Committee
2022-Present: Secretary, Libertarian Party of Nw York
2020-present: Member, State Committee of Libertarian Party of NY (6th Judicial District)
Jan-Jun 2020 and July 2021-Present: Chair, Madison County Libertarian Party
July 2020-July 2021: Treasurer, Madison County Libertarian Party
Jan-Jun 2020 and July 2021-Present: Chair, Madison County Libertarian Party
July 2020-July 2021: Treasurer, Madison County Libertarian Party
Professional
Professor of Chemistry, Syracuse University (1998-2020; now emeritus)
Assistant and Associate Professor of Biochemistry University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville (1988-98)
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Taught more than 2500 students over a 30-year teaching career, of whom nearly 1000 have gone on to become physicians.
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Research focus on photochemical and photobiological processes, including vision as well as natural and artificial photosynthesis
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Over 70 peer-reviewed publications, as well as 7 US patents awarded.
Education:
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Elementary-High School: Attended public schools in Penfield NY (Indian Landing Elementary; Bay Trail Junior High); graduated Penfield Senior High School as co-valedictorian in 1973
- A.B. Chemistry, Harvard University (summa cum laude, ???) 1977
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Ph.D., Biophysical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1983
As Pistol in Syracuse Shakespeare Festival Production of "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Thornen Park, August 2006
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