Jean Thomas#
| Membership Number: | 1006 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/directory/professor-dame-jean-thomas |
Present and Previous Positions
- Professor Emerita of Macromolecular Biochemistry, St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge
- 2016 Honorary Fellow of St. Catharine's College
- 2007 - 2016 38th master of St. Catharine's College, making her the first female master since the college was founded in 1473
- 2007 Fellow of St. Catharine's College
- 1991 Professor of Macromolecular Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
- 1969 Member of the University of Cambridge academic staff and a Fellow of New Hall (now Murray Edwards College), where she acted as vice president from 1983 to 1987
- 1967 - 1969 Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), Darwin College
Fields of Scholarship
- Gene activity
- Chromatin structure
Honours and Awards
- 1982 Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- 1986 Fellow of the Royal Society, biological secretary and vice-president of the Royal Society 2008 - 2013
- 1987 Honorary fellow of the University of Wales Swansea
- 1992 Honorary doctorate in science from the University of Wales
- 1993 Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1998 Honorary fellow of Cardiff University
- 2002 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2002 Honorary doctorate from the University of East Anglia
- 2005 Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the New Year's Honours List for services to biochemistry
- 2000 - 2005 President of the Biochemical Society
- 2008 Honorary membership of the Biochemical Society
- 2009 Honorary fellow of Aberystwyth University
- 2010 Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
- 2013 Trustee, The Wolfson Foundation
- 2014 Decond President of the Royal Society of Biology
- 2016 Inaugural Frances Hoggan medallist, The Learned Society of Wales
- 2018 Chancellor of Swansea University
