Athene Donald

I have been at the Cavendish since 1983, and became a professor in 1998, retiring in 2020. I was elected to the Royal Society in 1999 and appointed DBE in 2009
From 2014-24 I was Master of Churchill College.

From 2010-14 I was the University of Cambridge's Gender Equality Champion. In 2023 I published a book about gender issues in science, Not Just for the Boys: why we need more women in science. I was the founding chair of the Institute of Physics Biological Physics Group (2006-10) and a member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council form 2013-18. I now Chair the Science Advisory Council for the Department for Education, and am involved in a number of groups exploring issues around skills more generally, including with the Royal Society.