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. During the period October 2018 to June 2023 she was the 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 afterwards moved to

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, where she gained a

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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

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 chair of the judging panel for the

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. Gladden was appointed as a non-executive director of

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in March 2015.

Honours and awards

She is a

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and

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, a

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of the

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and a

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(FInstP) and a

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(FRSC). p EPSRC Biographies Lynn Gladden * * * * * Dept of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge
News 2004 * University of Cambridge News
16 June 2009 * * * Gladden was appointed

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(DBE) in the

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for services to academic and industrial research in chemical engineering.

References

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