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}}Dame Lesley Anne Glover {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|DBE|FRS|FRSE|FRSGS|FASM}} (born 19 April 1956)WEB,weblink GLOVER, Dame (Lesley) Anne, November 2016, Who's who & who was who, Oxford University Press, 27 January 2017, Online, is a Scottish biologist and academic. She was Professor of molecular biology and cell biology at the University of Aberdeen before being named Vice Principal for External Affairs and Dean for Europe. She served as Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission from 2012 to 2014.Anne Glover interviewed by Jim Al-Khalili on The Life Scientific, BBC Radio 4, 18 March 2014 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321184436weblink |date=21 March 2014 }}NEWS,weblink The new EU chief scientist – in her first major interview, Dean, Carroll, PublicServiceEurope.com, 17 February 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130601052743weblink">weblink 1 June 2013, JOURNAL , JOURNAL, 10.1038/nature.2014.15445, EU science chief wants greater voice for experts, Nature, 2014, Peplow, M., 179516708, WEB,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130728105952weblink">weblinkweblink 28 July 2013, The Commissioners (2010-2014): President Chief Scientific Adviser, European Commission, live, archive {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728105952weblink |date=28 July 2013 }} of Chief Scientific Officer 2010−2014 webpages In 2018 she joined the Principal's senior advisory team at the University of Strathclyde.WEB,weblink Advisory role for Dame Anne Glover - University of Strathclyde, Strath.ac.uk, 31 July 2018,weblink 31 July 2018, dead,

Early life and education

(File:EU 2050 Europe's Tech Revolution - Anne Glover (1).jpg|thumb|right|Dame Anne Glover)Glover was born on 19 April 1956 to Mary Johnstone and Wesley Glover.{{Who's Who | title=Glover, Dame (Lesley) Anne | id = U2000034 | volume = 2016 | edition = online Oxford University Press|location=Oxford}} She was educated at the High School of Dundee and studied at the University of Edinburgh for a BSc (Hons) degree in biochemistry, passing with first class honours in 1978. She went on to study at King's College, Cambridge, where she obtained an MPhil degree in 1979 and a PhD degree in 1981 on the biosynthesis of halobacterial membrane proteins.THESIS, PhD, Lesley Anne, Glover, The biochemistry and biosynthesis of halobacterial membrane proteins, University of Cambridge, 1982,weblink Anne Glover (biologist), live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140906043140weblink">weblink 6 September 2014,

Career and research

From August 2006 to December 2011, she was the first ever Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland,WEB, Scottish Science Advisory Committee: SSAC Members,weblink Scottish Government, 6 December 2014, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150924023540weblink">weblink 24 September 2015, where her role was to further enhance Scotland's reputation as a science nation. She was joint chair of the Scottish Science Advisory Committee and served on the Scottish Council of Economic Advisers until her appointment to the European Commission in 2012. Glover holds a Personal Chair of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Aberdeen, along with honorary positions at the Macaulay and Rowett Institutes, and the University of New South Wales, Sydney.WEB,weblink Prof. Anne Glover, 2014, European Intersectoral Summit on Research and Innovation 2014, EISRI-SUMMIT, en, 2017-01-27, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170202045040weblink">weblink 2 February 2017,

European Commission

File:Chief Scientific Adviser to the European Commission, Anne Glover, visits ESO’s Paranal Observatory.jpg|right|thumb|Chief Scientific Adviser to the European Commission, Anne Glover, visits ESO's Paranal ObservatoryParanal ObservatoryGlover's role as Chief Scientific Adviser included provision of independent expert advice on any aspect of science, technology and innovation as requested by the President of the European Commission. She also acted as an ambassador for European science, both promoting and communicating the benefits and values of science in Europe."Appointment of Chief Scientific Adviser" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322125700weblink |date=22 March 2012 }}, Europa, Brussels, 5 December 2011; retrieved 29 February 2012. She presided over a substantial growth in the role of the Chief Scientific Adviser, from a position with almost no resources to an influential voice in European science policy. She consistently emphasised the need for the European Commission's science policy to be firmly based on evidence.WEB, Anne Glover,weblink 2020-06-23, Humanists UK, en, On 13 and 14 November 2014, it was reported by the BBC and The Times that the Chief Scientific Adviser's post would be abolished, following lobbying from nongovernmental organisations, including green groups who disagreed with Professor Glover's support for evidence based policy, including genetically modified crops,WEB,weblink Archived copy, 2015-08-25, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150924043657weblink">weblink 24 September 2015, after the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker decided to close the Bureau of European Policy Advisers.NEWS,weblink Researchers 'appalled' as EU chief scientist role is axed, Matt, McGrath, BBC News, 13 November 2014, 16 November 2014, An article in New Scientist earlier in the year highlighted the controversy concerning the proposals for abolition.WEB,weblink Don't scrap Europe's chief scientific adviser, Síle, Lane, 25 July 2014, New Scientist, 2 September 2015, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150422144327weblink">weblink 22 April 2015, By 2016, the post of Chief Scientific Adviser to the European Commission had been replaced by the Scientific Advice Mechanism, which combined a group of seven Advisors with an independent evidence review process provided by European academies in the SAPEA consortium.

Honours and awards

Glover was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2005), an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (2009; formerly the Institute of Biology) a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (2009) and the American Society for Microbiology (1995). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2016.WEB,weblink 2016-04-29,weblink Royal Society, Professor Dame Anne Glover DBE FRS, London, Anon, 2016, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: }}She was President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh between 2018 and 2021.NEWS, Watson, Jeremy, 19 February 2021, Royal Society of Edinburgh president dethroned after fellows' revolt, The Times,weblink 2 October 2021, NEWS, Brown, Hannah, 22 February 2021, Royal Society of Edinburgh's president faces inner fellows' revolt, The Scotsman,weblink 2 October 2021, She was a council member of the Natural Environment Research Council from 2001 to 2011. She was recognised in 2008 as a Woman of Outstanding Achievement by the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and TechnologyWEB,weblink Women of Outstanding Achievement in SET Achievement in SET Photographic Exhibition, 2008, UK Resource Centre for Women in Science Engineering and Technology, 2008, 3 April 2015, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150406174801weblink">weblink 6 April 2015, In February 2013 she was assessed as the 19th most powerful woman in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130215063524weblink">weblink dead, BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour Power list, 15 February 2013, She was interviewed by Jim Al-Khalili for The Life Scientific, broadcast in March 2014.In the 2009 New Year Honours, Glover was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in recognition of her service as Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland and "for services to environmental science".{{London Gazette|issue=58929|date=31 December 2008|page=7|supp=y}} In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in recognition of her role as Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission and "for services to Science".{{London Gazette|issue=61256|date=13 June 2015|page=B8|supp=y}}Glover has received the following honorary doctorates and fellowships: Honorary Research Fellow, Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen (1992); Honorary Research Fellow, James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen (2002); Honorary DSc, Edinburgh Napier University, UK (2008); Honorary Research Fellow, University of New South Wales, Sydney (2009–2012); Honorary DSc, Open University, UK (2010); Honorary DSc, University of Strathclyde, UK, Honorary Fellow, Microbiology Society, UK and Honorary Fellowship, Scottish Agricultural College, UK (2012); Honorary DSc, Heriot-Watt University, UK,PRESS RELEASE,weblink Honorary Graduates Autumn 2013, Heriot-Watt University, en-GB, 18 November 2013, 29 March 2016, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160405235825weblink">weblink 5 April 2016, Honorary DSc, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK, Honorary DSc, University of Edinburgh, UK (2013); Honorary DSc, University of Glasgow, UK (2014); Honorary DSc, University of Abertay, UK, Honorary DSc, University of Exeter, UK, Honorary DSc, Cardiff University, UK, Honorary DSc, Ben Gurion University, Israel, Honorary DSc, Waterloo University, Canada (2015), Honorary DSc, University of York, UK (2017).WEB,weblink BAFTA-winning screenwriter and Chairman of British rowing amongst 2017 Honorary Graduates, University of York,

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