Carole Celia Perry (born March 1959) is a British chemist who is a professor at

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university located in Nottingham, England. Its origins date back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham School of Design, Nottingham Government School of Design, which still opera ...

. Her research investigates materials and physical chemistry, and the development of

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s for improving human health.

Early life and education

Perry studied chemistry at the

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. She remained in Oxford for her doctoral research, supervised by

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where her research investigated

silicification In geology, silicification is a process in which silica-rich fluids seep into the voids of Earth materials, e.g., rocks, wood, bones, shells, and replace the original materials with silica (SiO2). Silica is a naturally existing and abundant com ...

in biological systems.

Research and career

Perry moved to

St Hilda's College, Oxford St Hilda's College (full name = Principal and Council of St. Hilda's College, Oxford) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. The college is named after the Anglo-Saxon saint Hilda of Whitby and was founded in 1893 as a ...

as a junior

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. In 1987, she was appointed a

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Brunel University Brunel University of London (BUL) is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It is named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a Victorian engineer and pioneer of the Industrial Revolution. It became a university ...

. After six years at Brunel, Perry moved to

, where she worked as lecturer, reader and head of department. Perry spent parts of her career at

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and the

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. Perry works on

s, such as

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silica Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula , commonly found in nature as quartz. In many parts of the world, silica is the major constituent of sand. Silica is one of the most complex and abundant f ...

and silk-

calcium phosphate The term calcium phosphate refers to a family of materials and minerals containing calcium ions (Ca2+) together with inorganic phosphate anions. Some so-called calcium phosphates contain oxide and hydroxide as well. Calcium phosphates are white ...

materials for bone repair. Perry has investigated biosilification and the role of

silicon Silicon is a chemical element; it has symbol Si and atomic number 14. It is a hard, brittle crystalline solid with a blue-grey metallic lustre, and is a tetravalent metalloid (sometimes considered a non-metal) and semiconductor. It is a membe ...

in bone health. In the poultry industry, the fast growth of chickens can give rise to skeletal issues. She developed a silicon food supplement that could be used to boost the bone strength of chickens. In 2014, Perry took part in the

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pairing scheme, and

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ed the politician

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in the

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Selected publications

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Awards and honours

Perry was awarded a

Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award The Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship, known as the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award until 2020, is a 5 years fellowship awarded by the Royal Society since 2000. The scheme is described by the Royal Society as providing ''long-term flexib ...

to identify new design rules and synthesis strategies for biomolecules.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perry, Carole 1959 births Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford Academics of Nottingham Trent University 20th-century British chemists 21st-century British chemists 20th-century British women scientists 21st-century British women scientists British women chemists Fellows of St Hilda's College, Oxford Academics of Brunel University London