Professor Dame Anne Glover FRS FRSE FRSGS FASM
Dame Anne is to be awarded a Doctor of Science (DSc) on Tuesday 3 December 2024 during the morning ceremony.
Educated at the High School of Dundee, Dame Anne has a BSc in Biochemistry from Edinburgh and a PhD in Molecular Microbiology from Cambridge, UK.
She pursued a research career at Aberdeen University where she studied the diversity and function of microbes in soil, the development of sensors to detect environmental pollution, and how we respond to stress, which has particular relevance to how we age. She is currently a Special Advisor to the Principal at the University of Strathclyde and President of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
Dame Anne was the first Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission (2012 to 2015) and was the first Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland (2006 to 2011). She has been awarded many honorary degrees both nationally and internationally.
In 2008, she was recognised as a Woman of Outstanding Achievement by the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET), recognising her work to support women in SET.
In 2009, she was awarded a CBE by the Queen in recognition of her services to environmental sciences and, in 2015, she became a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to science in the UK and Europe.