Lorraine Warren (academic)

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Lorraine Warren
Died2022
Alma mater University of Wales
Scientific career
FieldsSynthetic organic chemistry, innovation and entrepreneurship
Institutions Loughborough University, University of Southampton, Massey University

Lorraine Warren (died 2022) was a British academic who for some years worked in New Zealand. Trained as a chemist, she was a full professor at Massey University from 2014 to 2019 in entrepreneurship and innovation research. [1]

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Career

Warren gained a Bachelor of Science (hons) in chemistry from the University of Wales in 1980. After receiving a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry at the University of Wales in 1983, she worked from 1983 to 1985 as a research associate in the Department of Chemistry at the Binghamton University in the United States. From 1985 to 1990, she worked as an educational consultant at Boulsworth Educational Services in Lancashire, England. In 1991, she graduated with a Master of Science in computing from the University of Bradford. From 1993 to 1995, Warren was a lecturer at the School of IT at Hull College in Kingston upon Hull, England. From 1995 to 2002, she was a senior lecturer in the Department of Corporate Strategy at the University of Lincoln. [2]

Warren moved into the field of innovation and entrepreneurship, working at Loughborough University (2002–2004) and University of Southampton (2004–2014) in the UK, before moving to Massey University as a full professor commencing on 1 July 2014. [2] [1] She returned to the UK in 2019. [3] She was a review for The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. [4]

Illness and death

Warren was ill during most of 2021, [3] but kept working and did not publicly share that she was unwell. She died in early 2022. [lower-alpha 1] [4] Her funeral was on 4 March 2022. [3]

Selected works

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Warren last tweeted on 18 January 2022. [5] Dr Robert Smith from the University of the West of Scotland wrote in his obituary for Warren "that on the 7th of March 2022, we as a close-knit research community learned of the untimely death of Lorraine". [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Prof Lorraine Warren – Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship". Massey University. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Lorraine Warren Curriculum Vitae". Academia.edu . Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Smith, Robert. "Obituary: ISBE Member Professor Lorraine Warren". Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE). Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 Smith, Robert (2 May 2022). "Obituary: Professor Lorraine Warren". International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 23 (2): 75. doi:10.1177/14657503221097230 . Retrieved 25 April 2024.(subscription required)
  5. ↑ @doclorraine (17 January 2022). "Thread" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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