Dame Molly Stevens | |
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| Alma mater | University of Bath (BPharm) University of Nottingham (PhD) |
| Awards | Woolmer Lecture (2013) Kabiller Young Investigator Award (2019) FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award (2021)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Regenerative medicine Biosensing Tissue engineering[2] |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Atomic force microscopy studies of biomolecular adhesion and mechanics (2000) |
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| Website | https://www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/research/stevens-group |
Dame Molly Morag Stevens is the John Black Professor of Bionanoscience at theUniversity of Oxford's Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics. She is Deputy Director of the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery and a member of the Department for Engineering Science and the Institute for Biomedical Engineering.
She studied at theUniversity of Bath, where she graduated with afirst-class honoursBPharm degree. She subsequently obtained aPhD degree from theUniversity of Nottingham for research usingatomic force microscopy to investigateadhesion and mechanics.[4][5]
Following her doctoral research, she moved to theMassachusetts Institute of Technology before joining Imperial College in 2004 then theUniversity of Oxford in 2023.
In 2004 Stevens foundedThe Stevens Group, a multidisciplinary research group of bioengineers, materials scientists, chemists, biologists, physicists and surgeons.[6]
2010: In 2010 she received theInternational Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) award for creativity in polymer science,[7] theInstitute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Rosenhain Medal[8] and the Norman Heatley Award for interdisciplinary research from theRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC).[9] She serves as an Associate Editor ofACS Nano.[10]
2013: In 2013 she presented theWoolmer Lecture of theInstitute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine. In 2013 she was awarded the prestigiousKaren Burt Memorial Award from theWomen's Engineering Society, given to the best newly chartered woman in engineering, applied science or IT.[11]
2018: She was appointed a trustee of theNational Gallery of the United Kingdom in 2018.[12] She won the 2018Institute of Physics (IOP)Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize. In 2019 Stevens was elected a foreign member of theNational Academy of Engineering of theUnited States[13] and received theKabiller Young Investigator Award.[14] She was elected aFellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2020.[15]
2019: Stevens was awarded anHonorary Doctorate of Science (DSc) by theUniversity of Bath.[16]
2021: In 2021 Stevens was the recipient of theFederation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) EMBO Women in Science Award.[17]
2023: In 2023 Stevens was awardedThe Novo Nordisk Prize for her pioneering work in innovative bioengineering approaches.[18][19]
2024: In 2024 Stevens was appointedDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the2024 New Year Honours for services to medicine.[20]
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