Andrew Harrison OBE is a British chemist and a research manager. From 1978 he studied chemistry at Oxford University, where he graduated as PhD in 1985. Then he worked as a researcher in Britain, Canada and France. In October 2020 he became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[1][2]
Andrew Harrison | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Occupation | CEO |
| Years active | 1985 - present |
| Employer | Diamond Light Source |
| Title | Professor |
| Spouse | wife Alison |
| Children | 3 daughters |
| Awards | OBE |
Career
editHarrison's work is focused on chemistry.[3][4]
- 09/1985 - 12/1988: Junior Research Fellow at St. John's College, Oxford
- 01-12/1988 - Research Fellow at McMaster University
- 01/1989 - 12/1991: Royal Society Research Fellow at Oxford University
- 01/1992 - 07/2006: University of Edinburgh, from 2000 Professor of Solid-state chemistry, from 2001 Founding Director of the Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions[5]
- 08/2006 - 12/2013: Associate Director, from 2011 Director-General of Institut Laue-Langevin at Grenoble, France
- 01/2013 - 10/2022 CEO of Diamond Light Source, UK
- from 11/2022 - Director of Science at Extreme Light Infrastructure
According to St. John's College, Harrison is one of the most successful British research managers.[6] Besides the COVID-19 related research, his focus is to design new batteries and to improve the plastic recycling with an efficient plastic degrading enzyme.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Professor Andrew Harrison OBE | School of Chemistry". www.chem.ed.ac.uk.
- ^ "An OBE for Prof Andrew Harrison - - Diamond Light Source". www.diamond.ac.uk.
- ^ "Andrew Harrison". LinkedIn.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Harrison - - Diamond Light Source". www.diamond.ac.uk.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Harrison FRSE | School of Chemistry". www.chem.ed.ac.uk.
- ^ "Andrew Harrison". St John's College.
- ^ "County's Covid heroes recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours". Oxford Mail.