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Ruth Lynden-Bell
Fellow

Professor Ruth Lynden-Bell

Honorary Fellow; Fellow in Chemistry

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Degrees and honours

  • MA,
  • PhD,
  • ScD,
  • FRSC,,
  • FInstP,
  • FRS,
  • Associate, Newnham College, University of Cambridge (1995-2005),
  • DSc (hon) Queen's University Belfast (2009),
  • and Emeritus Professor of Queen's University Belfast.

Awards and prizes

  • Paul Walden Prize (German Ionic Liquids Community) 2012
  • Lennard-Jones Lecture 2017

Research interests

  • Using computer simulation to understand liquids (especially Ionic Liquids) and surfaces.

Biography

  • 1995-present: Emerita Fellow, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.
  • 2003-5: Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow.
  • 1995-2003: Professor of Condensed Matter Simulation, The Queen's University, Belfast. Co-founder of the successful interdisciplinary Atomistic Simulation Group at Queen's University.
  • 1993-5: Newton Trust Lecturer, University of Cambridge.
  • 1972-95: Fellow and College Lecturer in Chemistry, New Hall, University of Cambridge.
  • 1975-95: College Lecturer at St.John's College.
  • 1973-75:  Jaffe Research Fellowship (Royal Society) (Half time).
  • 1965-72:  University Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Sussex (Half time).
  • 1962-65 : Fellow and College Lecturer in Chemistry, New Hall, University of Cambridge.
  • 1961-62:  AAUW Fellowship (with Dr.H.M.McConnell at California Institute of Technology).


 

Authored work

  • Publications

    Professor Ruth Lynden-Bell has published over 200 articles in scientific journals. Her published books include:

     

    R.M.Lynden-Bell and R.K.Harris. 'Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy'. Nelson, London, 1969.

     

    'Water and Life: The Unique properties of water' ed. R.M.Lynden-Bell, S. Conway-Morris, J.D.Barrow, J.L.Finney and C.L.Harper, 2010, CRC Press Boca Raton, FL, USA.