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Professor
Beverley Glover
FLS
Born
Beverley Jane Glover

(1972-03-07) 7 March 1972 (age 52)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
EducationPerth High School
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews
John Innes Centre
University of East Anglia
Spouse
Stuart Bridge
​
(m. 2003)​
ChildrenTwo
AwardsBicentenary Medal (2010)
William Bate Hardy Prize (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsQueens' College, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
ThesisCellular differentiation in plants (1996)

Beverley Jane Glover, FLS (born 7 March 1972) is a British biologist specialising in botany. Since July 2013, she has been Professor of Plant Systematics and Evolution at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden.[1][2]

Early life and education

Glover was born on 7 March 1972 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.[1] She is the daughter of Michael Glover and Margaret Glover (née Smith).[1] She was educated at Perth High School, a comprehensive school in Perth, Scotland.[1] She studied plant and environmental biology at the University of St Andrews, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1993.[1][2] During her undergraduate degree, she spent one summer working at the St Andrews Botanic Garden as a gardener.[2] She then began postgraduate research in plant molecular genetics at the John Innes Centre.[2] In 1997, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree; she officially graduated from the University of East Anglia as the John Innes Centre does not have degree awarding powers.[1] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Cellular differentiation in plants".[3]

Academic career

Glover began her academic career as a junior research fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge between 1996 and 1999.[1][2][4] In 1999, she was appointed a lecturer in the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.[1][4] From 2001 to 2007, she was additionally the admissions tutor for science at Queens' College.[1] She was promoted to senior lecturer in 2005 and reader in 2010.[1] In July 2013, she was appointed Director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden and made Professor of Plant Systematics and Evolution.[4]

Glover holds a number of appointments outside of her university career. She has been a member of the council of the European society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology since 2010,[1][5] and of the Systematics Association since 2014.[1][6] On 1 February 2015, she was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.[7][8] The appointment is for four years and will end on 31 January 2019.[7]

Personal life

In 2003, Glover married Stuart Bridge.[1] Together they have two children; a daughter and a son.[1]

Honours

In 2010, Glover was awarded the Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society. The medal is awarded "in recognition of work done by a biologist under the age of 40 years".[9] In 2010, she was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS).[1] In January 2011, she was jointly awarded the William Bate Hardy Prize for 2010 by the Cambridge Philosophical Society.[10][11]

Selected works

  • Glover, Beverley J. (2007). Understanding flowers and flowering: an integrated approach (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198565970.
  • Glover, Beverley (2014). Understanding flowers and flowering: an integrated approach (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199661596.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "GLOVER, Prof. Beverley Jane". Who's Who 2016. Oxford University Press. November 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Dr Beverley Glover". For Staff. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. ^ Glover, Beverley Jane. "Cellular differentiation in plants". e-Thesis Online Service. The British Library. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Dr Beverley Glover". For staff. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Council". European society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Officers & Council of the Systematics Association (2016)". Systematics Association. 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Trustee appointed to the Board of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh" (doc). Appointed for Scotland. Scottish Government. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  8. ^ "RBGE Board of Trustees". The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  9. ^ "The Bicentenary Medal". The Linnean Society of London. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Beverley Glover awarded the William Bate Hardy Prize". Department of Plant Sciences. University of Cambridge. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Botanic Garden names new Director". Research. University of Cambridge. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
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