Karen Scrivener

In 1980, she graduated from the Cambridge University in Material Sciences. She earned her PhD in Materials Science from the Imperial College London in 1983 on the development of microstructure during the hydration of Portland cement{{cite book |last1=Scrivener |first1=Karen |title=The development of microstructure during the hydration of Portland cement |date=1982 |publisher=University of London |location=London |url=https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/bitstream/.../Karen_Louise_Scrivener-1984-PhD-Thesis.pd...}} under the supervision of Professor P. L. Pratt.

Scrivener worked at the Imperial College of London in the Department of Materials science until 1995 as a post-doctoral research assistant, Warren research fellow of the Royal Society and lecturer. In 1995 she decided to leave academia {{cite news |issue=11|last1=Golus |first1=Carrie |title=Materials Researcher Leaves Imperial College for France|work=Staff Newspaper of Imperial College of Science |url=http://www.imperial.ac.uk/publications/reporterarchive/0011/material.htm |date=1995}} and joined the Central Research Laboratory of Lafarge near Lyon in France where she was a Senior Scientist and then Head of Calcium Aluminates Department. Since 2001 she has been a Full Professor and head of the Laboratory of Construction Materials in the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering at EPFL, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

In 2005, she became the editor in chief of the peer-reviewed journal Cement and Concrete Research, and has since become a member of its Honorary Editorial Board.{{cite book |title=Cement and Concrete Research |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/cement-and-concrete-research}} Karen Scrivener was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2014.

Scrivener plays an active role in promoting sustainable cements,{{cite journal |last1=Wray |first1=Peter |title=Straight talk with Karen Scrivener on cements, CO2 and sustainable development |journal=American Ceramic Society Bulletin |date=July 2012 |url=http://ceramics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bulletin_jul12.pdf}} in the form of blended cements.{{cite journal|last1=Scrivener|first1=Karen|date=2014|title=Options for the future of cement|url=https://www.lc3.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/0851_ICJ_Article.pdf|journal=The Indian Concrete Journal|volume=88|pages=11–21|archive-date=7 July 2020|access-date=27 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707172351/https://www.lc3.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/0851_ICJ_Article.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{Cite journal|last1=Lothenbach|first1=Barbara|last2=Scrivener|first2=Karen|last3=Hooton|first3=R.D.|date=2011|title=Supplementary cementitious materials|journal=Cement and Concrete Research|language=en|volume=41|issue=12|pages=1244–1256|doi=10.1016/j.cemconres.2010.12.001}} She co-authored with Vanderley M. John and Ellis M. Gartner with the support of the UNEP-SBCI (The United Nations Environment Programme - Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative),{{cite web |title=The United Nations Environment Programme - Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative |url=http://www.buildup.eu/en/explore/links/unep-sbci-united-nations-environment-programme-sustainable-building-and-climate }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} a reference report summarizing the main conclusions on the most viable low-CO₂, eco-efficient cement-based materials for the future of construction.{{cite web |title=Eco-efficient cements: Potential economically viable solutions for a low-CO2 cement-based materials industry |url=https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/25281/eco_efficient_cements.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}

In 2004, she founded Nanocem,{{Cite web|url=http://www.lafargeholcim-foundation.org/Experts/karen-scrivener|title=Karen Scrivener {{!}} LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction|last=info@lafargeholcim-foundation.org|first=LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction|website=LafargeHolcim Foundation website|access-date=2019-02-27}} a consortium of 23 academic and 10 industrial partners interested in fundamental research of cement and concrete{{Cite web|url=https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/81868/reporting/en|title=CORDIS {{!}} European Commission|website=cordis.europa.eu|access-date=2019-02-27}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and still serves as the principal coordinator.{{cite web |title=Nanocem - Contact us |url=https://www.nanocem.org/about-us/contact-us |website=www.nanocem.org |access-date=10 January 2019 |archive-date=11 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711111750/https://www.nanocem.org/about-us/contact-us |url-status=dead }} In collaboration with the Universidad Las Villas of Santa Clara, IIT Delhi, the Swiss Development and Cooperation and many international cement producers, she developed the LC3 project (Limestone Calcined Clay Cement){{Cite journal|last1=Scrivener|first1=Karen|last2=Martirena|first2=Fernando|last3=Bishnoi|first3=Shashank|last4=Maity|first4=Soumen|date=2018|title=Calcined clay limestone cements (LC3)|journal=Cement and Concrete Research|language=en|volume=114|pages=49–56|doi=10.1016/j.cemconres.2017.08.017|doi-access=free}} to produce a new type of low cost and low carbon cement{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/iit-madras-new-eco-friendly-cement-being-tested-for-use-in-industry/article19650901.ece|title=IIT Madras: New eco-friendly cement being tested for use in industry|last=Desikan|first=Shubashree|date=2017-09-09|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-02-27|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2014/06/23/green-cement-to-help-reduce-carbon-emissions/|title=Green Cement To Help Reduce Carbon Emissions|last=Hicks|first=Jennifer|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-02-27}}

• 1991: Leslie Holiday prize of the Institute of Materials{{cite web |url=http://iccc2015.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/70036|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115053702/http://iccc2015.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/70036|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2025|title=The 14th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement: Karen}}
• 2007: Klaus Dyckerhoff Prize (2007) for outstanding lifetime contribution to the field of cement and concrete research{{cite web|url=https://www.klaus-dyckerhoff-prize.org/fileadmin/gruppen/kdp/Press_release_Dyckerhoff_Award_2007.pdf|title=Prof. Karen Scrivener has been awarded the Dyckerhoff-Prize|access-date=16 September 2018|archive-date=7 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707145752/https://www.klaus-dyckerhoff-prize.org/fileadmin/gruppen/kdp/Press_release_Dyckerhoff_Award_2007.pdf|url-status=dead}}
• 2010: Doctor Honoris Causa, Czech Technical University
• 2010: "Concrete Ambassador" of UK Concrete Society{{cite web |url=https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/DIARY/CAmbassA4-FLYER.pdf|title=The Concrete Society Concrete Ambassador 2010, Professor Karen Scrivener}}
• 2010: Kroll Medal and Prize of UK Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining{{cite web |title=Award Winners 2010 {{!}} IOM3 |url=http://www.iom3.org/award-winners-2010 |website=www.iom3.org |language=en}}
• 2011: Della Roy Lecture award, American Ceramic Society{{cite web |url=http://ceramics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Della-Roy-Lecture-Award-Recip-List-2017.pdf|title=Della Roy Lecturers}}
• 2014: Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK){{cite web |title=Karen Scrivener elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering {{!}} EPFL |url=http://sti.epfl.ch/page-113575-en.html |language=en}}
• 2017: Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Concrete Technology{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Michael |title=ICT Member List |url=http://ict.concrete.org.uk/membership/members.asp |website=ict.concrete.org.uk |access-date=16 September 2018 |archive-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708173132/http://ict.concrete.org.uk/membership/members.asp |url-status=dead }}
• 2022: Member of Council of Engineers for Energy Transition (CEET), United Nations{{cite web |url=https://www.unsdsn.org/ceet|title=UNSDSN}}
• 2024: Appointed as part of the 10-Member Group to Promote Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations{{cite web |url=https://sdgs.un.org/tfm/ten-member-group|title=SDGS}}
• 2024: Honorary Doctorate, Eindhoven University of Technology (NL) {{cite web |url=https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/21-03-2024-tue-honorary-doctorates-for-building-materials-and-mechatronics|title=TU/e News}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite web |title=Nanocem View - Prof. Karen Scrivener |website = YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBsfvOUEKB8 |date=11 May 2015}}
• {{cite web |title=Rocare - Roman Cement for architectural restoration to new high standards |url=http://www.rocare.eu/page/seite,epfl.html |website=www.rocare.eu}}
• {{cite web |title=Interview with Dr. Karen Scrivener (EPFL) |website = YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBvB6ann_Tk}}
• {{cite web |title=Professor Karen Scrivener - Concrete 2017 Keynote Presentation |website = YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL76oXRo72w}}
• [https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lmc/ Website of the Laboratory of Construction Materials (LMC) at EPFL].

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