Thursday 13 February 2025 6:30pm to 7:30pm
The Rector's Drawing Room, Exeter College, University of Oxford Turl St, Oxford OX1 3DP
About
Professor Dame Molly Stevens in conversation with Professor James Leiper
Professor Dame Molly Stevens is John Black Professor of Bionanoscience at the University of Oxford, where she is also Anatomy & Genetics Deputy Director of the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery.
She moved her lab to Oxford in April 2023 from Imperial College London, where she had led a highly interdisciplinary research programme since 2004. An international leader in ground-breaking biosensing technologies, transformative regenerative medicine and advanced therapeutics approaches, Dame Molly is also a serial entrepreneur; she has numerous patents filed and spin-out companies based on her research.
Molly has a diverse range of leadership positions, and is also Deputy Director of the UK Quantum Biomedical Sensing Research Hub. She has a particular interest in the interaction between art and science, and is Chair of the National Gallery Scientific Consultative Group. She was awarded the Novo Nordisk Award in 2023, and she received a Damehood in the King’s New Year Honours in 2024 for services to Medicine.
The discussion will be followed by a drinks and canapé reception from 7.30-8.30pm.