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Lesley Jane Yellowlees, (born 1953) is a British
Rebecca McQuilllan "You've got to have support because work is not always going to go well She completed her higher education at the University of Edinburgh, gaining a BSc in Chemical Physics in 1975, and PhD in Inorganic Electrochemistry in 1982. Yellowlees was the only woman graduate in her undergraduate class, graduating with a first. Continuing on from this Yellowlees began her postdoctoral research in the University of Glasgow in 1983.
9–13 Lesley Yellowlees and Molly Stevens review successes in science while raising families subsequently worked in the University of Queensland. Returning to the University of Edinburgh, to do a PhD on solar cell chemistry, Yellowlees became a demonstrator in 1986, a lecturer in 1989Edit
(University of Edinburgh alumni magazine) June 2011 p 24 "Master and Apprentice" and was appointed Professor of Inorganic Electrochemistry in 2005. She was the first woman to be appointed head of chemistry in the university. And is also vice-principal of the university and head of the College of Science and Engineering.
Yellowlees was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2005 and an Honorary Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry in 2015. She became a Fellow of the
and is also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.www.ed.ac.uk
University of Edinburgh "Professor Lesley Yellowlees MBE FRSC FRSE FInstP" To mark the
inorganic chemist
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conducting research in Spectroelectrochemistry, Electron transfer reactions and Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy. Yellowlees was also elected as the president of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2012–14 and was the first woman to hold that role .RSC News, August 2012, pp 12–13 "Lesley Yellowlees"
Early life and education
Yellowlees was born in 1953 in London, moving to Edinburgh at the age of 9 and attending St Hilary's Girls' School. Her father worked for Rank Hovis McDougall, and she has two sisters.''The Herald'' 2 July 2012Rebecca McQuilllan "You've got to have support because work is not always going to go well She completed her higher education at the University of Edinburgh, gaining a BSc in Chemical Physics in 1975, and PhD in Inorganic Electrochemistry in 1982. Yellowlees was the only woman graduate in her undergraduate class, graduating with a first. Continuing on from this Yellowlees began her postdoctoral research in the University of Glasgow in 1983.
Career and research
Lesley Yellowlees' first job was as an administrator in the National Health Service, but after moving to Brisbane, she went into electrochemical researchMRC Clinical Sciences Centre ''Suffrage Science 2013''9–13 Lesley Yellowlees and Molly Stevens review successes in science while raising families subsequently worked in the University of Queensland. Returning to the University of Edinburgh, to do a PhD on solar cell chemistry, Yellowlees became a demonstrator in 1986, a lecturer in 1989Edit
(University of Edinburgh alumni magazine) June 2011 p 24 "Master and Apprentice" and was appointed Professor of Inorganic Electrochemistry in 2005. She was the first woman to be appointed head of chemistry in the university. And is also vice-principal of the university and head of the College of Science and Engineering.
Honours and awards
Yellowlees was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2005 and an Honorary Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry in 2015. She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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in 2012.Professor Yellowleesand is also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.www.ed.ac.uk
University of Edinburgh "Professor Lesley Yellowlees MBE FRSC FRSE FInstP" To mark the
International Year of Chemistry
The International Year of Chemistry 2011 (IYC 2011) was a year-long commemorative event for the achievements of chemistry and its contributions to humankind.IUPAC selected 25 women including Yellowlees for the Distinguished Women Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award.www.chemistryviews.org
Distinguished Women Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award She took over the presidency of the Royal Society of Chemistry on 4 July 2012 for a two-year term (she was succeeded by Professor
Lesley Yellowlees Yellowlees was appointed
P. W. Yellowlees and they have two children.
Distinguished Women Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award She took over the presidency of the Royal Society of Chemistry on 4 July 2012 for a two-year term (she was succeeded by Professor
Dominic Tildesley
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has two portraits of her.L. J. Jordanova (2000) Defining Features: Scientific and Medical Portraits, 1660–2000 (Reaktion Books) There is also a painting of her by Peter Edwards in Burlington House
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, the headquarters of the Royal Society of Chemistry.mag.digitalpc.co.ukLesley Yellowlees Yellowlees was appointed
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in 2005 for services to science and CBE in the 2014 New Year Honours
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for services to chemistry.
Yellowlees holds Honorary Doctorates from Heriot-Watt University
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(awarded in 2012), and Edinburgh Napier University
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(awarded in 2016).
Yellowlees was named the University of Edinburgh Alumnus of the Year 2013 in honour of her research, leadership and her work as an advocate for women in STEM subjects
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.
In 2014, she was included in the BBC's 100 Women.
Personal life
She is married to Peter W. Yellowlees, a Chartered Accountant,Board of Governors, Merchiston SchoolP. W. Yellowlees and they have two children.
References
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