Angela McLean (biologist)

Dame Angela Ruth McLean DBE, FRS (born 31 May 1961)[1][2] is professor of mathematical biology in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence.[2][3]

Angela McLean
Born31 May 1961  (age 59)
Kingston 
Alma mater
Employer
Awards
Websitehttp://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/view/mclean_ar.htm 

Early life and education

McLean was born on 31 May 1961 in Kingston, Jamaica, the daughter of Elizabeth and Andre McLean.[2] She was educated at Mary Datchelor Girls’ School, Camberwell, London, going on to study for a BA in mathematics at Somerville College, Oxford, graduating in 1982. In 1986 she received her PhD in biomathematics from Imperial College, London.[2][4]

Career and research

In 1990, McLean became a Royal Society Research Fellow at Oxford and then, in 1994, was seconded to the Pasteur Institute in Paris. She then became head of Mathematical Biology at the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council's Institute for Animal Health and in 1994 Professor of Mathematical Biology in the Department of Zoology at Oxford.[4]

In 2005, McLean also became director of the Institute for Emerging Infections of Humans in the James Martin 21st Century School, and in 2008 a senior research fellow in theoretical life sciences at All Souls College, Oxford.

In 2019, it was announced that McLean would be the new Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence, the first woman to be appointed to the post.[3][5]

Honours and awards

Offices held
Government offices
Preceded by
Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte		 Chief Scientific Adviser
to the Ministry of Defence
2019–		 Incumbent

References
  1. "Oxford academics recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours - University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk.
  2. "McLean, Dame Angela Ruth, (Dame Angela van Oss)". Who's Who 2015. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u249736. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. "MOD appoints first female Chief Scientific Adviser". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  4. "Prof Angela McLean - University of Oxford". Ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  5. "Ministry of Defence appoints first female Chief Scientific Adviser". The Telegraph. 23 June 2019. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  6. The Royal Society. "Angela McLean". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  7. "No. 62310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B7.
  8. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford (17 May 2018). "Professor Angela McLean awarded the Weldon Medal". www.zoo.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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