Beverley Glover

Beverley Glover
FLS
Born
Beverley Jane Glover

(1972-03-07) 7 March 1972 (age 52)
Ely, Cambridgeshire
EducationPerth High School
Alma mater
Spouse
Stuart Bridge
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(m. 2003; died 2020)​
ChildrenTwo[3]
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPlant evolution
Plant development
Plant-pollinator interactions[1]
Institutions
ThesisCellular differentiation in plants (1996)
Doctoral advisorCathie Martin[2]
Websitewww.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/glover-beverley Edit this at Wikidata

Beverley Jane Glover FLS (born 7 March 1972)[3] is a British biologist specialising in botany. Since July 2013, she has been Professor of Plant Systematics and Evolution[1][4] in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge and director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden.[5][6][7]

Early life and education

Glover was born on 7 March 1972 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.[3] She is the daughter of Michael Glover and Margaret Glover (née Smith).[3] She was educated at Perth High School, a comprehensive school in Perth, Scotland.[3] She studied plant and environmental biology at the University of St Andrews, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1993.[3][5] During her undergraduate degree, she spent one summer working at the St Andrews Botanic Garden as a gardener.[5] She then began postgraduate research in plant molecular genetics at the John Innes Centre.[5] In 1997, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, awarded by the University of East Anglia.[3] Her doctoral thesis was supervised by Cathie Martin and investigated cellular differentiation in plants.[2]

Career and research

After her PhD, Glover began her career as a junior research fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge between 1996 and 1999.[3][5] In 1999, she was appointed a lecturer in the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.[3][5] From 2001 to 2007, she was additionally the admissions tutor for science at Queens' College.[3] She was promoted to senior lecturer in 2005 and reader in 2010.[3] In July 2013, she was appointed Director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden and Professor of plant systematics and evolution.[5]

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,[3][8] and of the Systematics Association since 2014.[3][9] On 1 February 2015, she was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.[10][11][12] The appointment is for four years and will end on 31 January 2019.[11]

Glover serves as a member of the editorial board for Current Biology.[13]

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".[14] In 2010, she was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS).[3] In January 2011, she was jointly awarded the William Bate Hardy Prize for 2010 by the Cambridge Philosophical Society.[15][16] In May 2022, she was voted best lecturer by Cambridge University students in the university-wide Student-Led Teaching Awards.[17]

Scholia has a profile for Beverley Glover (Q23305067).

Personal life

In 2003, Glover married Stuart Nigel Bridge (dec Sep 2020).[3] Together they have two children; a daughter and a son.[3]


References

  1. ^ a b Beverley Glover publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Glover, Beverley Jane (1996). Cellular differentiation in plants (PhD). University of East Anglia. OCLC 53660442. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.497578.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p 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. ^ a b c d e f g "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. ^ a b "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.