Dame Lynn Faith Gladden (born 30 July 1961) is the Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the

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. She served as Pro-vice-chancellor for research from 2010 to 2016. Gladden was elected a member of the

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in 2015 for contributions to chemical reactor engineering through the uniquely specific application of magnetic resonance imaging. Since October 2018 she has been executive chair at the

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Early life and education

Gladden was born on 30 July 1961. Her father is John Montague Gladden and her mother, Sheila Faith Deverell. Gladden was educated at the Heathfield School in Harrow. She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in

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at the

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in 1982 and a PhD in

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at Cambridge in 1987.University of Cambridge
Prof Lynn Gladden She also holds a

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(PGCE) in

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from the

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Career and research

Gladden began her career as a

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at the University of Cambridge from 1987 to 1991. She was appointed a reader from 1995 to 1999, when she was promoted to professor. She was head of the

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until 1 October 2010. She was also a Pro-vice-chancellor from 1 January 2010 up until 1 January 2016.TCE Today
26 October 2009 and has been a Fellow of

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since 1999.Trinity College Fellowship
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19 October 2009 Gladden is the lead researcher at the university's magnetic resonance research centre (MRRC). She is also a member of the judging panel for the

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, also known as the QEPrize, is a global prize for engineering and innovation. The prize was launched in 2012 by a cross-party group consisting of David Cameron, Nick Clegg, and Ed Miliband, then Prime Mi ...

. Gladden was appointed as a

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in March 2015.

Honours and awards

She is a

Chartered Chemist Chartered Chemist (CChem) is a chartered status awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in the United Kingdom, the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) in Australia, by the Ministry of Education in Italy, the Institute of Chemistry ...

and

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, a

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of the

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and a

Fellow of the Institute of Physics Fellowship of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) is "the highest level of membership attainable" by physicists who are members of the Institute of Physics (IoP), "for those with a degree in physics or related subject (or equivalent knowledge gaine ...

(FInstP) and a

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(FRSC). p EPSRC Biographies Lynn Gladden * * * * * Dept of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge
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16 June 2009 * * * Gladden was appointed

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(DBE) in the

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for services to academic and industrial research in chemical engineering.

References

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