Ottoline Leyser

British botanist · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Born 1965 · age 61

Dame Henrietta Miriam Ottoline Leyser is a British plant biologist and Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge. From 2013 to 2020 she was the director of the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge. From 2020 to 2025 she was CEO of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

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2024Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2023Croonian Medal and LectureAward2020Waddington MedalAward2017Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAwardFEBS/EMBO Women in Science AwardAward2009Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward2007EMBO MembershipAwardFellow of the Royal SocietyAwardRosalind Franklin AwardAward1965Born7 March 1965

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