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Julia Higgins (Julia Stretton Downes) was born on 1 July, 1942 in Surbiton, London, England, is a British polymer scientist (born 1942). Discover Julia Higgins's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?
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Julia Stretton Downes |
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81 years old |
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Cancer |
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1 July 1942 |
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1 July |
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Surbiton, London, England |
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London, England
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Julia Higgins Net Worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Dame Julia Stretton Higgins (née Downes; born 1 July 1942) is a British polymer scientist.
Since 1976 she has been based at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London, where (since 2007) she is emeritus professor and senior research investigator.
Higgins was educated at the Ursuline High School, Wimbledon and Somerville College, Oxford where she was awarded Master of Arts and DPhil degrees.
Higgins was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989.
Other awards and honours include:
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1995 and was its foreign secretary 2001–06.
She is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the City and Guilds of London Institute, of which she is Vice-President.
She is an honorary fellow of the Institute of Physics and of Somerville College, Oxford.
She was appointed a CBE in 1996 before being named a dame in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours list.
She co-authored a monograph on that field (Higgins & Benoit 1997).
She is also a former chair (1998–2003) of the Athena Project, which aims for the advancement of women in science, engineering and technology (SET) in Higher Education.
In 1999, Higgins was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for the application of neutron scattering and reflectivity to polymeric materials, and for service to the scientific community.
Higgins was president of the Institution of Chemical Engineers 2002–03, and president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 2003–04.
Between 2003 and 2007, she was also chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
In April 2003 she became chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
In June 2006 Higgins was appointed principal of the Faculty of engineering at Imperial College London.
The Faculty of engineering at Imperial College is one of the largest in the UK, comprising nine departments with 1,000 staff, over 4,200 students and an annual turnover of around £80 million.
She is a member of the World Knowledge Dialogue Scientific Board, president of the ESPCI ParisTech Scientific Committee.
She is a Patron of WISE, a charitable organisation that encourages young women to pursue careers in Science, engineering and Construction, as well as a member of the Advisory Council for the Campaign for Science and Engineering.
Higgins chaired the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) from 2008 to 2012.
Dame Julia replaced Professor Adrian Smith FRS as ACME Chair in September 2008 when Adrian became Director General of Science and Research at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
She holds honorary degrees from a number of UK universities and the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Her scientific work has concentrated on the investigation of polymers with neutron scattering.
She served as president of the Institute of Physics from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2019.
