Janet Sprent
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- DSc University of London
- DAg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- FRSE
- OBE
- Paraburkholderia sprentiae (syn. Burkholderia sprentiae)
Janet Sprent | |
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| Born | 1934 (age 91–92) |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London, University of Tasmania, University of London |
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| Fields | Botanist |
| Institutions | University of Dundee |
Janet Irene Sprent, FRSE OBE (born 1934) is a British botanical scientist, and emeritus professor at the University of Dundee.[1]
After graduating from Imperial College London in 1954 with a BSc and ARCS,[2] Sprent worked for a year at Rothamsted Experimental Station before undertaking a PhD at the University of Tasmania. She taught botany for two years at Rochester Grammar School before being awarded a lectureship at Goldsmiths College in 1960.[2] Sprent moved to Dundee, Scotland, in 1967, where she secured a research fellowship at the University of Dundee. She became dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering in 1987, and was awarded a personal chair in 1989. She also served as the Head of the Department of Biological Sciences from 1992 to 1995. Eventually, she became the deputy principal of Dundee University from 1995 until her retirement in 1998.
Research areas
Sprent's primary research interests lie in the field of nitrogen fixation in legumes. Sprent would bring her works with across multiple different countries as she continued to research legume taxonomy and how they have evolved through processes such as nodulation.[3]
