Howard Allaker Chase | |
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Born | London, England | 17 November 1954
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemical engineering |
Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Howard Allaker Chase FREng [1] is a British academic and chemical engineer. He is Head of the School of Technology [2] and Professor of Biochemical Engineering [3] at the University of Cambridge. [4] From 1998 to 2006 he was Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. [5] Chase has been a Fellow [6] of the Royal Academy of Engineering [7] since 2005. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Chemist, and a Chartered Scientist. In 2010 he was awarded the Donald Medal, [8] an award of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, in recognition of his industrially related research in the field of bioseparations technology. Chase was an undergraduate (Natural Sciences Tripos), and a research student (biochemistry) at Magdalene College, Cambridge, between 1972 and 1978. He held a research fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge, from 1978 to 1982. In 1984 he was elected to a fellowship at Magdalene College, Cambridge where he became director of studies in chemical engineering. He was tutor for graduate students 1987–1994, tutor 1994-1996 and senior tutor 1993–1996.
He was awarded the Beilby Medal and Prize in 1993. [9]
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