What is Lynika Strozier?
[[File:Lynika Strozier 2011.jpg|right|200px]] '''Lynika Strozier''' (August 28, 1984 – June 7, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] researcher and scientist. She was born in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. Her career began when she started to work at [[Chicago]]'s [[Field Museum]], as a student intern. She was known for being able to work with [[DNA]] from particularly small and difficult [[biological]] samples. She spent most of her scientific career at the Field Museum. In 2019 she started working as an adjunct professor at [[Malcolm X College]]. Strozier died on June 7, 2020 in [[Chicago]] from [[COVID-19]], aged 35.<ref name=abc7chicago2020-06-19> {{cite news | url = https://abc7chicago.com/coronavirus-chicago-field-museum-lynika-stozier-cases/6256753/ | title = Chicago Field Museum scientist who died of COVID-19 served as inspiration to many, coworkers say | work = [[ABC 7 Chicago]] | author = Sarah Schulte | date = 2020-06-19 | access-date = 2020-06-21 | quote = Her coworkers at the Field Museum started a GoFundMe page, not only to cover funeral expenses but to raise funds for a scholarship that would provide STEM opportunities for young African American women. }} </ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Strozier, Lynika}} [[Category:1984 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Academics from Chicago]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Chicago]] [[Category:Scientists from Chicago]] [[Category:Scientists from Birmingham, Alabama]] [[Category:Educators from Birmingham, Alabama]] {{US-bio-stub}}