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'''Gillian Anne Gehring''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born '''Gillian Anne Murray'''; 19 May 1941) is a British academic physicist, and emeritus Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the [[University of Sheffield]].<ref>https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/physics/people/emeritus-and-honorary</ref> She was the second women in the UK to become a Professor of Physics. In 2009 she won the [[Nevill Mott Medal and Prize]].
'''Gillian Anne Gehring''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born '''Gillian Anne Murray'''; 19 May 1941) is a British academic physicist, and emeritus Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the [[University of Sheffield]].<ref>https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/physics/people/emeritus-and-honorary</ref> She was the second woman in the UK to become a Professor of Physics and in 2009 won the [[Nevill Mott Medal and Prize]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
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===University of Sheffield===
===University of Sheffield===
From 1989 to 2006, Gehring was Professor of [[Solid-state physics|Solid-State Physics]] at the [[University of Sheffield]], in the department of Physics and Astronomy in the [[Hicks Building]]. She is the only female to hold the position of Professor of Physics at the University of Sheffield.
From 1989 to 2006, Gehring was Professor of [[Solid-state physics|Solid-State Physics]] at the [[University of Sheffield]] and was the only female Professor in the Physics department.
Her research field is theoretical and experimental magnetism
Her research field is theoretical and experimental magnetism


Revision as of 23:43, 8 March 2021

Gillian Gehring
Born
Gillian Anne Gehring

(1941-05-19) 19 May 1941 (age 83)
Nottingham, England, UK
Alma materVictoria University of Manchester
University of Oxford
SpouseKarl Gehring
Scientific career
FieldsMagnetism
InstitutionsSt Hugh's College, Oxford
University of Sheffield

Gillian Anne Gehring OBE (born Gillian Anne Murray; 19 May 1941) is a British academic physicist, and emeritus Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield.[1] She was the second woman in the UK to become a Professor of Physics and in 2009 won the Nevill Mott Medal and Prize.

Early life

Gehring was born in Nottingham, where she attended school.[2] She studied Physics at the Victoria University of Manchester from 1959 to 1962 and from 1962 to 1963 she studied for the Diploma in Advanced Studies. From 1963 to 1965, she studied for a DPhil in Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford.

Career

University of Oxford

From 1970 to 1989, Gehring was a lecturer in the Department of Theoretical Physics and a Tutorial Fellow at St Hugh's College, Oxford.

University of Sheffield

From 1989 to 2006, Gehring was Professor of Solid-State Physics at the University of Sheffield and was the only female Professor in the Physics department. Her research field is theoretical and experimental magnetism

Personal life

In 1968, she married Karl Gehring. She had two daughters in 1979 and 1981. She was appointed an OBE in the 2005 Birthday Honours. She has an interest in women in science, working with the Institute of Physics.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/physics/people/emeritus-and-honorary
  2. ^ Women in science and engineering
  3. ^ "Women's Engineering Society". wes.org.uk.
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