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Rebecca Lunn
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Newcastle University
Known forGeosciences
AwardsAberconway Medal ('11)
MBE ('17)
Scientific career
InstitutionsNewcastle University
University of Edinburgh
Heriot Watt University
University of Strathclyde

Rebecca (Becky) Jane Lunn MBE FRSE is a Professor and Head of the Centre for Ground Engineering and Energy Geosciences at the University of Strathclyde. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 2011 she was the first woman to be made the Head of an Engineering Department in Scotland.

Early life and education

Lunn studied mathematics at the University of Cambridge.[1] She moved to Newcastle University for her postgraduate studies, earning a master's degree and doctorate. She completed her Phd, A nitrogen modelling system for large river basins, in 1995.[2] Lunn remained at Newcastle University as a Research Associate until 1997.[1] She worked with Rae Mackay on software (the PARADIGM code) to collect data from industrial and contaminated sites.[3]

Research and career

Lunn joined the University of Edinburgh as a lecturer in 1997.[1] She moved to Heriot-Watt University in October 2000.[3] Here she worked on groundwater and computational models.[3] In 2005 Lunn joined the University of Strathclyde. She was made Professor in 2010 and Head of Department in 2011.[1]

Lunn leads two EPSRC Nuclear Waste consortia, Biogeochemical Applications in Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Disposal (BANDD) and Systems Approach For Engineered (SAFE) Barriers.[4][5] The BANDD consortia includes the investigation of biomineralisation to seal Radionuclides and to seal rock fractures.[4] SAFE, a £1.3 M EPSRC programme, developed technology that can monitor thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical reaction (THMC) variables, including pH, temperature, pressure and swelling.[6][7] She was the first woman to win the Aberconway Medal in 2011.[8] In an effort to characterise uncertainty in nuclear waste disposal, Lunn studies flow and transport systems in the shallow crust.[9] She developed techniques to monitor microseismic activity at depths of several kilometres.[9] She has also investigated self-healing grouts.[10] Her research has also considered the development of cheap, safe and comfortable prosthetic limbs.[11] She researches bacterials and microbial populations in prosthetic liners.[12] She is a member of the Decommissioning, Immobilisation and Storage soluTIons for NuClear wasTe InVEntories (DISTINCTIVE) collaboration.[13]

Policy and academic service

In 2009 Lunn was appointed to the Government of the United Kingdom Committee on Radioactive Waste Management.[14] She delivered a public lecture about challenges of disposing of radioactive waste.[15][16] Lunn was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh inquiry into the future of energy in Scotland.[17] The inquiry looks to assess energy demand in Scotland and investigate how the energy demand may be met.[18] Lunn also serves on the EPSRC engineering Research Council’s Strategic Advisory Team.[19]

Lunn is engaged in activities to improve gender balance in science. She was invited onto the Royal Society of Edinburgh Working Group on Women in STEM, who produced a report to Scottish Ministers in 2012.[1] The report, Tapping All Out Talents, made a series of recommendations, including ensuring that universities obtained an Athena SWAN Silver Award and encourage shared parental leave.[20] The report was revised in 2018, encouraging behavioural change across the sector.[21] Lunn is Programme Director on the EPSRC Inclusion Matters project STEM Equals.[22] The proposal looks to build initiatives for LGBT scientists and engineers at the University of Strathclyde.[23]

Awards and honours

2018 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering[24][25]

2017 MBE Queen’s Birthday Honour’s List[26][27][28][29]

2015 Saltire Society Outstanding Women of Scotland[1]

2014 Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers[30]

2014 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[8]

2014 WISE Campaign Leadership Award (shortlisted)[1]

2011 Geological Society of London Aberconway Medal[31][32]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Rebecca Lunn". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  2. ^ Lunn, Rebecca Jane (1995). A Nitrogen Modelling System for Large River Basins. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
  3. ^ a b c "RAE 2001 : Submissions". www.rae.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  4. ^ a b "Industrial Challenges | University of Strathclyde". www.strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  5. ^ "Professor RJ Lunn University Of Strathclyde - Research Perspectives - EPSRC - Personal Profile". www.researchperspectives.org. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  6. ^ author, EPSRC. "Grants on the web". gow.epsrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 2019-02-11. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "Leader of the £1.3M EPSRC Research Consortium SAFE Barriers — University of Strathclyde". pureportal.strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  8. ^ a b "Professor Rebecca Lunn MBE, FRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  9. ^ a b "The Geological Society of London - Award Citations and Replies 2011". www.geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  10. ^ "A new generation of self-healing detectable grouts". UKRI. Retrieved 2019-02-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ "Bug-free prostheses: Reducing infection risk and improving reliability". EPSRC. Retrieved 2019-02-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. ^ Ford, Jason (2010-05-27). "Prosthetic-liner project". The Engineer. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  13. ^ "People". DISTINCTIVE University Consortium. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  14. ^ "Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) - Tenth Annual Report". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  15. ^ "CoRWM member, Professor Rebecca Lunn lectures at the Geological Society". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  16. ^ "The Geological Society of London - Meeting the challenge: Geological disposal of UK higher activity radioactive waste". www.geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  17. ^ "RSE Launches Major Inquiry into Scotland's Energy Future". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  18. ^ "Energy Inquiry". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  19. ^ "Strategic Advisory Team - EPSRC website". epsrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  20. ^ Edinburgh., Royal Society of (2012). Tapping all our talents : women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics : a strategy for Scotland. Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 9780902198661. OCLC 809077782.
  21. ^ "Tapping All Our Talents Review 2018: Women in STEM". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  22. ^ "STEM Equals (EPSRC Inclusion Matters) — University of Strathclyde". pureportal.strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  23. ^ Bush, Steve (2018-08-09). "£5.5m for equality, diversity and inclusion in UK engineering and physical science". Electronics Weekly. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  24. ^ "New Fellows 2018: Rebecca Lunn". RAEng. Retrieved 2019-02-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  25. ^ "ADS Advance - 50 engineering leaders become RAEng Fellows". www.adsadvance.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  26. ^ Shirlaw, Derek. "Strathclyde Engineering Professor appointed MBE". Glasgow City of Science and Innovation - News. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  27. ^ "EPSRC congratulates scientists and engineers recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours list - EPSRC website". epsrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  28. ^ "Fellows Recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  29. ^ "The Queen's Birthday Honours 2017". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  30. ^ "Elected a Fellow of The Institution of Civil Engineers — University of Strathclyde". pureportal.strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  31. ^ "The Geological Society of London - Aberconway Medal". www.geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  32. ^ "RESOURCE The Newsletter of Scotland's National Academy" (PDF). RSE. Retrieved 2019-02-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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