Lorna Dougan is a Professor of Physics and Director of Research and Innovation in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leeds. She currently leads an Engineering Physical Sciences Research Council Fellowship to explore Multiscale biomechanics, and previously led a European Research Council Fellowship in Extreme Biophysics.
Lorna’s current research interests span hierarchical biomechanics, extreme biophysics, liquid structure, life in extreme environments and (bottom-up) synthetic biology. Together with her research group she is developing tools to explore multiscale mechanics, single molecule manipulation using the AFM and scattering techniques to examine structure and self-assembly. She is passionate about science communication and active in arts-science collaborative opportunities.
Biography: Lorna is an EPSRC Fellow and an EPSRC Public Engagement Champion. Lorna is a physicist by training (MPhys and PhD, University of Edinburgh). In 2020 she was awarded the Water Woman award for Research Excellence. In 2018 she was awarded the British Biophysical Society Young Investigator Medal for her research on the physics of living systems, including single molecule manipulation, life in extreme environments and the physics of cryopreservation. She was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry MacroGroup UK Young Researchers Medal in 2013 and the Medical Research Council and Royal Society Suffrage Science Award in 2015.
Twitter: @DouganGroup
Website: https://dougan.leeds.ac.uk/