Eleanor Joy Dodson FRS is an Australian-born biologist who specialises in the computational modelling of protein

crystallography Crystallography is the experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in crystalline solids. Crystallography is a fundamental subject in the fields of materials science and solid-state physics (condensed matter physics). The wor ...

. She holds a chair in the Department of Chemistry at the

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. She is the widow of the scientist Guy Dodson.

Early life and education

She was born Eleanor MacPherson in rural Australia, the daughter of Scottish farmers. In 1958, she graduated with a degree in mathematics and philosophy from the

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Personal life

She was married to fellow scientist Guy Dodson until his death in 2012. They have four children: Vicki, Richard, Philip and Tom.

Awards

*1998 Fankuchen Memorial Award of the ACA *2001 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of Uppsala *2003

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

*2006 2nd Max Perutz ECA Prize *2010 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science,

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*2011 9th Ewald IUCr Prize

Works

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References

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