Lynn Gladden

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Professor
Dame Lynn Gladden
DBE FRS FRSC FInstP FREng
Born
Lynn Faith Gladden

(1961-07-30) 30 July 1961 (age 63) [1]
CitizenshipBritish
Education Heathfield School, Pinner
Alma mater
Awards
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Thesis Structural studies of inorganic glasses  (1987)
Website www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/directory/lynn-gladden

Dame Lynn Faith Gladden (born 30 July 1961) is the Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. She served as Pro-vice-chancellor for research from 2010 to 2016. [2]

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Gladden was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 for contributions to chemical reactor engineering through the uniquely specific application of magnetic resonance imaging.

During the period October 2018 to June 2023 she was the executive chair at the EPSRC. [3]

Early life and education

Gladden was born on 30 July 1961. [1] Her father is John Montague Gladden and her mother, Sheila Faith Deverell. [1] Gladden was educated at the Heathfield School in Harrow. [1] She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Physics at the University of Bristol in 1982, and afterwards moved to Trinity College, Cambridge, where she gained a PhD [4] in physical chemistry in 1987. [5] She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in Physics from the University of Oxford. [6]

Career and research

Gladden began her career as a lecturer at the University of Cambridge from 1987 to 1991. [1] She was appointed a reader from 1995 to 1999, when she was promoted to professor. [1] She was head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge until 1 October 2010. She was also a Pro-vice-chancellor from 1 January 2010 up until 1 January 2016. [7] and has been a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge since 1999. [8] [9]

Gladden is the lead researcher at the university's magnetic resonance research centre (MRRC). [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] She is chair of the judging panel for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. [14] Gladden was appointed as a non-executive director of British Land in March 2015. [15]

Honours and awards

She is a Chartered Chemist and Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). [6]

Gladden was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to academic and industrial research in chemical engineering. [23]

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  2. ↑ "Professor Lynn Gladden CBE, FRS, FREng". cam.ac.uk. University of Cambridge. 21 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Professor Lynn Gladden selected as Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council" . Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Gladden, Lynn Faith (1987). Structural studies of inorganic glasses. lib.cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC   499179270. EThOS   uk.bl.ethos.233932.
  5. ↑ University of Cambridge Prof Lynn Gladden Archived 19 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 [ep EPSRC Biographies] "Lynn Gladden". Archived from the original on 4 December 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2009. Lynn Gladden
  7. ↑ TCE Today [ permanent dead link ] 26 October 2009
  8. ↑ Trinity College Fellowship
  9. 1 2 University of Cambridge News Archived 30 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine 19 October 2009
  10. ↑ Lynn Gladden publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  11. ↑ Cheng, C. F.; He, H.; Zhou, W.; Klinowski, J.; Gonçalves, J. A. S.; Gladden, L. F. (1996). "Synthesis and Characterization of the Gallosilicate Mesoporous Molecular Sieve MCM-41". The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100: 390–396. doi:10.1021/jp952410t.
  12. ↑ Johnson, B. F. G.; Raynor, S. A.; Shephard, D. S.; Mashmeyer, T.; Mashmeyer, T.; Thomas, J. M.; Sankar, G.; Bromley, S.; Oldroyd, R.; Gladden, L.; Mantle, M. D. (1999). "Superior performance of a chiral catalyst confined within mesoporous silica". Chemical Communications (13): 1167–1168. doi:10.1039/A902441G.
  13. ↑ Manz, B.; Gladden, L. F.; Warren, P. B. (1999). "Flow and dispersion in porous media: Lattice-Boltzmann and NMR studies". AIChE Journal. 45 (9): 1845. Bibcode:1999AIChE..45.1845M. doi:10.1002/aic.690450902.
  14. ↑ "Professor Lynn Gladden CBE - Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering". Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Board of Directors". British Land. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "Beilby Medal and Prize Winners". Royal Society of Chemistry . Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "RSC Tilden Prize Previous Winners" . Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "List of Fellows".
  19. ↑ Dept of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge Archived 22 December 2012 at archive.today News 2004
  20. ↑ University of Cambridge News Archived 1 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine 16 June 2009
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