# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-a-schaal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:47:51.402Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-a-schaal"
name: "Barbara A. Schaal"
slug: "barbara-a-schaal"
description: "Barbara Anna Schaal American scientist, evolutionary biologist, is a professor at Washington University in St. Louis and served as vice president of the National Academy of Sciences from 2005 to 2013. She is the first woman to be elected vice president of the academy. From 2009 to 2017, Schaal served on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)."
tagline: "German biologist"
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gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1947"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump