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Beverley GloverFLS
BornBeverley Jane Glover
(1972-03-07) 7 March 1972 (age 52)
Ely, Cambridgeshire
EducationPerth High School
Alma mater
Spouse Stuart Bridge ​ ​(m. 2003; died 2020)​
ChildrenTwo
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPlant evolution
Plant development
Plant-pollinator interactions
Institutions
ThesisCellular differentiation in plants (1996)
Doctoral advisorCathie Martin
Websitewww.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/glover-beverley Edit this at Wikidata

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 in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge and director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

Early life and education

Glover was born on 7 March 1972 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. She is the daughter of Michael Glover and Margaret Glover (nÊe Smith). She was educated at Perth High School, a comprehensive school in Perth, Scotland. She studied plant and environmental biology at the University of St Andrews, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1993. During her undergraduate degree, she spent one summer working at the St Andrews Botanic Garden as a gardener. She then began postgraduate research in plant molecular genetics at the John Innes Centre. In 1997, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, awarded by the University of East Anglia. Her doctoral thesis was supervised by Cathie Martin and investigated cellular differentiation in plants.

Career and research

After her PhD, Glover began her career as a junior research fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge between 1996 and 1999. In 1999, she was appointed a lecturer in the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge. From 2001 to 2007, she was additionally the admissions tutor for science at Queens' College. She was promoted to senior lecturer in 2005 and reader in 2010. In July 2013, she was appointed Director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden and Professor of plant systematics and evolution.

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, and of the Systematics Association since 2014. On 1 February 2015, she was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The appointment is for four years and will end on 31 January 2019.

Glover serves as a member of the editorial board for Current Biology.

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". In 2010, she was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS). In January 2011, she was jointly awarded the William Bate Hardy Prize for 2010 by the Cambridge Philosophical Society. In May 2022, she was voted best lecturer by Cambridge University students in the university-wide Student-Led Teaching Awards.

Scholia has a profile for Beverley Glover (Q23305067).

Personal life

In 2003, Glover married Stuart Nigel Bridge (dec Sep 2020). Together they have two children; a daughter and a son.


References

  1. ^ Beverley Glover publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Glover, Beverley Jane (1996). Cellular differentiation in plants (PhD). University of East Anglia. OCLC 53660442. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.497578.
  3. ^ Anon (2016). "Glover, Prof. Beverley Jane". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. Beverley Glover publications from Europe PubMed Central
  5. ^ "Dr Beverley Glover". cam.ac.uk. University of Cambridge. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  6. www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/glover-beverley Edit this at Wikidata
  7. Glover, Beverley (2014). Understanding flowers and flowering: an integrated approach (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199661596. OCLC 880244586.
  8. "Council". evodevo.eu. European society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  9. "Officers & Council of the Systematics Association (2016)". systass.org. Systematics Association. 2016. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  10. "Celebrating Cambridge women Part III". cam.ac.uk. 23 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Trustee appointed to the Board of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh" (doc). appointed-for-scotland.org. Scottish Government. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  12. "RBGE Board of Trustees". rbge.org.uk. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  13. "Advisory board: Current Biology". cell.com.
  14. "The Bicentenary Medal". linnean.org. The Linnean Society of London. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  15. "Beverley Glover awarded the William Bate Hardy Prize". plantsci.blogspot.co.uk. University of Cambridge. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  16. "Botanic Garden names new Director". cam.ac.uk. University of Cambridge. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  17. "SLTAs Winners Announced!". cambridgesu.co.uk. Cambridge Students' Union. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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