Lynn Gladden

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| thesis_title = Structural studies of inorganic glasses

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| thesis_year = 1987

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Beilby Medal and Prize (1995)
Tilden Prize (2001)
Royal Society Bakerian Medal (2014)
Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering (2016)}}

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Dame Lynn Faith Gladden (born 30 July 1961) is the Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. She served as Pro-vice-chancellor for research from 2010 to 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/directory/lynn-gladden|website=cam.ac.uk|publisher=University of Cambridge|title=Professor Lynn Gladden CBE, FRS, FREng|date=21 November 2013 }}

Gladden was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering 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 EPSRC.{{cite web |title=Professor Lynn Gladden selected as Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/professor-lynn-gladden-selected-as-executive-chair-of-the-engineering-and-physical-sciences-research-council |access-date=13 December 2018}}

Early life and education

Gladden was born on 30 July 1961.{{Who's Who | author=Anon| title=Gladden, Prof. Lynn Faith | id = U4000454 | year = 2017 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.4000454 | edition = online Oxford University Press|location=Oxford}} 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 afterwards moved to Trinity College, Cambridge, where she gained a PhD{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Cambridge|url=https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=44CAM_ALMA21428152610003606&context=L&vid=44CAM_PROD&search_scope=SCOP_CAM_ALL&tab=cam_lib_coll&lang=en_US|title=Structural studies of inorganic glasses|first= Lynn Faith|last=Gladden|date=1987|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.233932}}|website=lib.cam.ac.uk|oclc=499179270}} in physical chemistry in 1987.[http://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/people.php?action=view&id=2 University of Cambridge] Prof Lynn Gladden {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219063343/http://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/people.php?action=view&id=2 |date=19 December 2009 }} She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) 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.[http://www.tcetoday.com/tcetoday/NewsDetail.aspx?nid=12226 TCE Today]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 26 October 2009 and has been a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge since 1999.[http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=321 Trinity College Fellowship][http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009101902 University of Cambridge News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230155616/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009101902 |date=30 December 2009 }} 19 October 2009

Gladden is the lead researcher at the university's magnetic resonance research centre (MRRC).{{Scopus id}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1021/jp952410t| title = Synthesis and Characterization of the Gallosilicate Mesoporous Molecular Sieve MCM-41| journal = The Journal of Physical Chemistry| volume = 100| pages = 390–396| year = 1996| last1 = Cheng | first1 = C. F. | last2 = He | first2 = H. | last3 = Zhou | first3 = W. | last4 = Klinowski | first4 = J. | last5 = Gonçalves | first5 = J. A. S. | last6 = Gladden | first6 = L. F. }}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1039/A902441G| title = Superior performance of a chiral catalyst confined within mesoporous silica| journal = Chemical Communications| issue = 13| pages = 1167–1168| year = 1999| last1 = Johnson | first1 = B. F. G. | last2 = Raynor | first2 = S. A. | last3 = Shephard | first3 = D. S. | last4 = Mashmeyer | first4 = T. | last5 = Mashmeyer | first5 = T. | last6 = Thomas | first6 = J. M. | last7 = Sankar | first7 = G. | last8 = Bromley | first8 = S. | last9 = Oldroyd | first9 = R. | last10 = Gladden | first10 = L. | last11 = Mantle | first11 = M. D. }}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1002/aic.690450902| title = Flow and dispersion in porous media: Lattice-Boltzmann and NMR studies| journal = AIChE Journal| volume = 45| issue = 9| pages = 1845| year = 1999| last1 = Manz | first1 = B.| last2 = Gladden | first2 = L. F.| last3 = Warren | first3 = P. B.| bibcode = 1999AIChE..45.1845M}} She is chair of the judging panel for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.{{Cite news|url=http://qeprize.org/judges/professor-lynn-gladden/|title=Professor Lynn Gladden CBE - Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering|work=Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en-GB}} Gladden was appointed as a non-executive director of British Land in March 2015.{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.britishland.com/about-us/our-management/board-of-directors|website=British Land|access-date=8 October 2017}}

=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 (FInstP) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).[ep EPSRC Biographies] {{Cite web |url=http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/Content/Documents/Biographies/LynnFGladden.htm |title=Lynn Gladden |access-date=30 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204172959/http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/Content/Documents/Biographies/LynnFGladden.htm |archive-date=4 December 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Lynn Gladden

{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1995}}|event=Awarded Beilby Medal and Prize}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/Beilby/winners.asp|title=Beilby Medal and Prize Winners|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|access-date=3 March 2015}}
{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2001}}|event=Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to chemistry}}
{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2001}}|event=Awarded the Tilden Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/TildenPrizes/PreviousWinners.asp|title=RSC Tilden Prize Previous Winners|publisher=|access-date=12 May 2016}}
{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2003}}|event=Elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng)}}{{cite web|title=List of Fellows|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows}}
{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2004}}|event=Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)}}[http://www.cheng.cam.ac.uk/news/2004/frs.html Dept of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121222233146/http://www.cheng.cam.ac.uk/news/2004/frs.html |date=22 December 2012 }} News 2004
{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2009}}|event=Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to chemical engineering in the 2009 Birthday Honours}}[http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009061604 University of Cambridge News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701040127/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009061604 |date=1 July 2009 }} 16 June 2009{{London Gazette|issue=59090|date=13 June 2009|page=7|supp=y }}
{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2014}}|event=Awarded the Royal Society Bakerian Medal}}
{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2015}}|event=Elected a foreign member of the US National Academy of Engineering}}{{cite journal |title=In profile: Professor Lynn Gladden |journal=EPSCR Pioneer |volume=19 |page=63 |url=https://epsrc.ukri.org/newsevents/pubs/pioneer19/ |access-date=13 December 2018}}
{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2016}}|event=named Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering by the Women's Engineering Society}}

Gladden was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to academic and industrial research in chemical engineering.{{London Gazette|issue=62866|supp=y|page=N8|date=28 December 2019}}