Lynn Gladden
Dame Lynn Faith Gladden is the Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. She served as Pro-vice-chancellor for research from 2010 to 2016. Since October 2018 she has been executive chair at the EPSRC.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 Chemical Physics at the University of Bristol in 1982 and a PhD in physical chemistry at Cambridge in 1987. She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Physics from the University of Oxford.Career and research
Gladden began her career as a lecturer 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 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. and has been a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge since 1999.
Gladden is the lead researcher at the university's magnetic resonance research centre. She is also a member of the judging panel for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Gladden was appointed as a non-executive director of British Land in March 2015.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 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Gladden was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to academic and industrial research in chemical engineering.
