Judith Howard

Judith Ann Kathleen Howard[1] CBE FRS (née Duckworth; 21 October 1945 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) is a distinguished British chemist, crystallographer and Professor of Chemistry at Durham University.[2]

Judith Howard
Born Judith Ann Kathleen Duckworth
21 October 1945 (age 71)
Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Nationality British
Alma mater University of Bristol
Somerville College, Oxford
Known for Chemistry (Crystallography)
Spouse(s) David Howard
Awards

1996 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 1999 Royal Society of Chemistry Prize for Structural Chemistry

2002 Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry (Crystallography)
Institutions Durham University
University of Oxford
Doctoral advisor Dorothy Hodgkin

Early life and education

Judith Howard attended Salisbury Grammar School for girls, and later attended University of Bristol in 1963 to study chemistry.[3]

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.[1]

She graduated from University of Bristol with a B.Sc. and was offered a three-year DPhil at the Somerville College, Oxford to study the structure of insulin with Dorothy Hodgkin.[3]

Judith Howard

In 1991 Howard moved to become Professor of Crystallography at Durham University.[3]

According to the Web of Science ResearcherID[5] she has co-authored over 1,100 scientific publications, resulting in a H-index of 73.

She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree at the University of Bristol in 1986.[6] 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.[7]

Work life

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.[2]

Howard has created instruments that allow scientists to help advance and prove theories in the field of X-ray crystallography.[8] She is the chairperson of the Olexsys software for refinement of crystallographic data.[9]

Awards

  • 1996 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
  • 1999 Royal Society of Chemistry Prize for Structural Chemistry
  • 2002 Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

References

  1. 1 2 Bristol, University of. "Professor Judith Ann Kathleen Howard | Graduation | University of Bristol". www.bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  2. 1 2 "Prof. JA Howard - Durham University". Dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  3. 1 2 3 Crace, John (2006-09-26). "Judith Howard: Crystal gazing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  4. ↑ "Crystallography". In Our Time. 29 November 2012. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  5. ↑ ResearcherID: H-7113-2012
  6. ↑ "Bristol University | Public and Ceremonial Events Office | Honorary degrees". Bristol.ac.uk. 2013-07-26. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  7. ↑ https://portal.uea.ac.uk/documents/6207125/16110522/Honorary+Graduates+of+UEA+(updated+17+10+16).pdf/a83acf58-8df4-4cc0-9ff1-15ef7ce09d31
  8. ↑ "Judith Howard". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  9. ↑ Dolomanov, Oleg V.; Bourhis, Luc J.; Gildea, Richard J.; Howard, Judith A. K.; Puschmann, Horst (2009-04-01). "OLEX2: a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program". Journal of Applied Crystallography. 42 (2): 339–341. doi:10.1107/s0021889808042726. ISSN 0021-8898.
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