ATHENE M DONALD DBE, FRS
Brief Biography
Present Employment :
1998- Professor of Experimental Physics, Department of Physics,
Education :
1971 - 4
1974 - 7
Previous employment:
1977 - 81 Cornell University (Department of
Materials Science and Engineering), Postdoctoral associate.
1981 - 3 SERC Fellowship held at the
Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science,
1983 - 5 Royal Society 1983 Research
Fellowship held at the Cavendish Laboratory,
1985 - 95 Lecturer in the Department of
Physics,
1995- 8 Reader in Experimental
Physics,
Honours and Prizes
1989 Charles Vernon Boys Prize of the
1989 Samuel Locker Award in Physics (
1995 Rosenhain Medal and
Prize (
1999 Elected
Fellow of the Royal Society
2003 William Hopkins Prize of the
2005 Mott Medal of the
2006 Bakerian Prize
Lecturer of the Royal Society
2009 L’Oreal/UNESCO For Women in Science Laureate
for
2009 Founders Prize of the IOP Polymer Physics group
2010 Fellow of the
2010 Appointed Dame Commander of the
2010 Faraday Medal of the
2011 UKRC Women of Outstanding Achievement Award
(Lifetime Achievement)
Selected National and International Committees and
Responsibilities
1994-7 Member of OST Foresight
Technology Panel on Food/Drink
1994-
1994-6
IOP Schools Lecturer for 1995/6
1999-03 Member
Governing Council for BBSRC Institute of Food Research and Science
Sub-Committee
1999-02
Member BBSRC Agrifood Committee
2001 Advisor to RAE in Biophysics
2001 Member
Research Council Panel for Basic Technology
2001- 7 Member
of the Polymer Physics Group Committee of the IOP
2002-4 Member Physics Strategic Advisory
Team for the EPSRC
2002 Member
Panel to choose new Director of ESPCI,
2002-6 Member
Scientific Steering Committee for 2nd Target Station at ISIS (CLRC)
2003-4 Member
BBSRC Strategy Board
2003-4
Chair BBSRC Panel
on Bioinformatics and E-science
2004-8 Chair
Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship Committee (Physical Sciences) Royal Society
2004-6
Member Mullard Medal Committee of the Royal Society
2004-5
Member Scientific Advisory Board for
the
2004-6
Member Council of
the Royal Society
2005-08 Member RAE 2008 Physics Sub-Panel
(UOA 19)
2006-8 Member Royal Society Innovation
Panel
2006- 10 1st
Chair of Biological Physics Group of the IOP
2006 - Member
International Scientific Committee for ESPCI, Paris
2006 -7 Member Academic Stakeholder Forum
for KT Network in Innovative Chemistry (DTI)
2006 Expert Member of Panel for
the Chair in Physical Chemistry,
2007
-8 Chair BBSRC review of EBS portfolio
2007-9
Interim Director of the Physics of
Medicine Initiative in
2010- Chair BBSRC Committee C
(Technological and Methodological Development) (Deputy Chair 2009)
2010 Member REF Physics Pilot
Panel
2011- Chair Royal Society Education
Committee
2011- Trustee of the National Museum
of Science and Industry
1994-
Elector for the Oliver Gatty Studentship in
1999-0
1999-
2001
General Board member of Computing Faculty Appointments Committee
2002-5 Member Departmental Senior
Management Group
2003-
4 Member Faculty Promotions
Panel
2003-5 Deputy Head of Department
2004-5 Member General Board Standard
Review Committee of Department of Materials Science
2004 Elector
to the 1875 Chair of Engineering, University of
2004
Elector to the
Schlumberger Professorship of Complex Physical Systems, University of
2004-8 Theme leader for Biophysics in
the Cavendish –KAIST (Korean) collaboration
2004-
Elector to the
Herschel Smith Professorship of Physics, University of
2004-5
Chair Departmental Personnel
Committee
2004-
Elector to the
Professorship of Medical Physics, University of
2005-
General Board
Appointee on the Senior Promotions Panel for Veterinary Medicine.
2005-10
Deputy Head of Department with
responsibility for Finance and Resources
2005-10 Chair Departmental Finance
Committee
2006
Elector to the
Goldsmiths Professorship of Materials Science
2006 Elector
to the Professorship of Physics and the Jacksonian
Professorship of Natural Philosophy
2008-
2009-
2009- Member Human Resources Committee
Diversity Work and Responsibilities
2002 Member
International Jury for the L’Oreal/Unesco Women in
Science Awards
2007- Director
of
2008 -
2008
Member
Panel L’Oreal For Women In Science Jury (
2009-
Chair Athena Forum (Deputy Chair
from September 2008-9)
2009
2010- Member Royal Society Equality and
Diversity Advisory Network
2010-
2010-
2010 Speaker at the Österreichischer Wissenschaftstag
2010 Wissenschaft und Gender
2010
Chair Panel
L’Oreal For Women In Science Jury (UK Fellowships)
Editorial Work and Conference Organisation
1998-9 Symposium
organiser on Materials Science of Food at MRS (
1998-
Member Editorial Board, Polymer International
1999-01 Member Organising Committee IOM
Conference Polymers 01 (
1999- Member Advisory Board, Journal
Macromolecular Science - Physics
1999- Member Editorial Advisory
Board, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
1999-04 Founder Editor-in Chief European
Physical Journal E; International Advisor to the Editorial Board 2006-
2001- Member
Macromolecular Physics Board of the European Physical Society
2000-3 Volume Organiser for MRS Bulletin
for 2003.
1999-
Member
Organising Committee for Annual High Polymer Research Group Conference.
2003-5 Member Organising Committee for
IOP2005, the Einstein Year Conference, plus the Programme Committee for the Phyics in Biology sub-theme
2003-6 Member
CU Philosophical Society Council
2006- Member Editorial Board for Food
Processing and Manufacture
2006- Co-Chair
of organising committee for Faraday Discussion (2008) on the Importance of
Polymers in Biology
2008-10 Symposium
Organiser for MRS Symposium in 2010 (Protein and peptide self
assembly)
2008 -10 Member
IUPAC 2010 Advisory Committee
2010 Member
Organsising Committee for Physics Meets Biology
Meeting
2011- Editorial Board Member for
Reports on Progress in Physics