Judith Howard
British chemist, crystallographer and Professor of Chemistry at Durham University
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Judith Ann Kathleen Howard[3] CBE FRS (née Duckworth; 21 October 1945 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) is a British chemist, crystallographer and Professor of Chemistry at Durham University.[4][5][6]
21 October 1945
University of Oxford (DPhil)
Judith Howard | |
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| Born | Judith Ann Kathleen Duckworth 21 October 1945 Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol (BSc) University of Oxford (DPhil) |
| Spouse | John Wright |
| Awards | Royal Society of Chemistry Prize for Structural Chemistry (1999) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry Crystallography |
| Institutions | Durham University University of Oxford |
| Thesis | The study of some organic crystal structures by neutron diffraction |
| Doctoral advisor | Dorothy Hodgkin |
| Doctoral students | Jacqui Cole[1] |
| Website | www |
Early life and education
Judith Howard attended Salisbury Grammar School for girls, and later attended University of Bristol in 1963 to study chemistry.[7]
As a final year undergraduate, Howard worked on the structure of the compound, tin tetra-iron-tetra carbonyl, which was the basis of her very first published work.[3]
She graduated from University of Bristol with a Bachelor of Science degree and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy[8] degree from the University of Oxford where she was a student at Somerville College, Oxford and studied the structure of insulin supervised by Dorothy Hodgkin.[7]
Career and research
In 1991, Howard moved to become Professor of Crystallography at Durham University.[7] She has co-authored over 1,500 scientific publications, resulting in a H-index of 82.[9]
Howard's research is in X-ray crystallography. Her interests include in-situ crystallisation of liquids, ultra-low temperature crystallography, high pressure crystallography, experimental charge density analysis, solid-state reactions the study of non-linear optical materials and magnetically interesting materials.[4]
Howard has created instruments that allow scientists to help advance and prove theories in the field of X-ray crystallography.[10] She is the chairperson of the Olexsys software for refinement of crystallographic data.[11]
Prolific in her contributions to science, with over 1,500 publications to her name,[10] Judith actively participates in committees and conferences worldwide. She was the first woman to head a five-star chemistry department (at the University of Durham). She was one of the founder members of the British Crystallographic Association where she served as Secretary from 1985-1987 and President from 1992-1996.
Awards and honours
She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree at the University of Bristol in 1986.[12] In 2005, she received an Honorary Degree from the University of Bath. In 2016 she received an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from the University of East Anglia.[13] Other awards include:
- 1996 Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1999 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Prize for Structural Chemistry
- 2002 elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)[10]
