Beverley Glover
British biologist specialising in botany
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Beverley Jane Glover FLS (born 7 March 1972)[1] is a British biologist specialising in botany. Since July 2013, she has been Professor of Plant Systematics and Evolution[2][4] in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge and director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden.[5][6][7]
7 March 1972
- University of St Andrews (BSc)
- University of East Anglia (PhD)
Beverley Glover | |
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| Born | Beverley Jane Glover 7 March 1972 |
| Education | Perth High School |
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| Spouse |
Stuart Bridge
(m. 2003; died 2020) |
| Children | Two[1] |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plant evolution Plant development Plant-pollinator interactions[2] |
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| Thesis | Cellular differentiation in plants (1996) |
| Doctoral advisor | Cathie Martin[3] |
| Website | www |
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][5] During her undergraduate degree, she spent one summer working at the St Andrews Botanic Garden as a gardener.[5] She then began postgraduate research in plant molecular genetics at the John Innes Centre.[5] In 1997, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, awarded by the University of East Anglia.[1] Her doctoral thesis was supervised by Cathie Martin and investigated cellular differentiation in plants.[3]
Career and research
After her PhD, Glover began her career as a junior research fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge between 1996 and 1999.[1][5] In 1999, she was appointed a lecturer in the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.[1][5] 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 Professor of plant systematics and evolution.[5]
Glover holds a number of appointments outside her university career. She has been a member of the council of the European society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology since 2010,[1][8] and of the Systematics Association since 2014.[1][9] On 1 February 2015, she was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.[10][11][12] The appointment is for four years and will end on 31 January 2019.[11]
Glover serves as a member of the editorial board for Current Biology.[13]
Honours and awards
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".[14] 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.[15][16] In May 2022, she was voted best lecturer by Cambridge University students in the university-wide Student-Led Teaching Awards.[17]
