Ottoline Leyser#
| Membership Number: | 5773 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/people/leyser-ottoline |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2161-3829 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 Regius Professor of Botany, Department of Plant Science and Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
- 2020 - 2025 CEO UK Research and Innovation
- 2013 - 2020 Professor of Plant Development and Director, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
- 2012 Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge
- 2011 - 2012 Professor of Plant Development and Associate Director, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
- 1994 - 2010 Dept of Biology, University of York, Lecturer (1994), Reader (1999), Prof (2002 - 2010)
- 1993 - 1994 Post-doctoral researcher, Dept of Genetics, University of Cambridge
- 1990 - 1993 Post-doctoral researcher, Dept of Biology, Indiana University
Fields of Scholarship
- Shoot branching plasticity
- Plant hormone signalling
- Plant developmental genetics
Honours and Awards
- 2000 Society for Experimental Biology President’s Medal
- 2007 Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award
- 2007 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2007 Elected Member of EMBO
- 2009 Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 2010 International Plant Growth Substance Association Silver Medal
- 2012 European Research Council Advanced Grant
- 2012 Elected Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences USA
- 2014 Honorary Doctorate, Swedish Agricultural University
- 2014 Elected to the Leopoldina
- 2016 UK Genetics Society Medal
- 2016 Honorary Doctorate, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- 2017 Appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 2017 FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award
- 2018 OlChemIm Award for research on Plant Hormones
- 2019 Honorary Doctorate, University of Aberdeen
- 2019 Rutherford Memorial Lecturer
- 2020 Honorary Doctorate, University of Guelph
- 2020 British Society for Developmental Biology Waddington Medal
- 2020 Elected Honorary Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences
