Eva Sorensen MBE is a British chemical engineer. She was appointed in 2020 as interim head of the Department of Chemical Engineering while Marc-Olivier Coppens was on a year sabbatical. She is the first female to lead the department. [1]
In 2018 she was honoured by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) with the Frank Morton Medal for promoting best practice in chemical engineering education. The citation read "Medal awarded to Professor Eva Sorensen for being a key driver for innovation in teaching and learning, inside and outside her own institution. She was noted by the committee to have worked tirelessly over several decades to promulgate best practice in chemical engineering education." [2]
Sorensen was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to education and chemical engineering. [3]
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