Editor’s note: Karah Nazor Friberg is the daughter of Times Free Press staff writer Karen Nazor Hill.
Karah Nazor Friberg is one of those role models you want your children to emulate.
An accomplished scientist, Friberg spent 10 years researching brain prions, including in her post-doctoral work at the University of California at San Francisco. Meanwhile, she found time to become the first person from Tennessee to successfully swim across the English Channel.
Following a whirlwind courtship with local jazz musician Ben Friberg, she moved back to Chattanooga in late 2009 and has continued her high-energy lifestyle.
Currently, Friberg works in biomedicine at Chattanooga-based eSpin Technologies Inc., which manufactures polymeric nanofibers.