Eva Sorensen

Eva Sorensen MBE is a British chemical engineer. She was appointed in 2020 as the 11th Ramsay Memorial Professor of Chemical Engineering at UCL, where she was the first woman to head the Department of Chemical Engineering. She was an interim appointment while Marc-Olivier Coppens was on a year sabbatical.[1]

In 2018 she was honoured by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) with the Frank Morton Medal for promoting best practice in chemical engineering education. The citation read "Medal awarded to Professor Eva Sorensen for being a key driver for innovation in teaching and learning, inside and outside her own institution. She was noted by the committee to have worked tirelessly over several decades to promulgate best practice in chemical engineering education."[2]

Sorensen was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to education and chemical engineering.[3]

References
  1. "CPSE academic appointed Interim Head of UCL Chemical Engineering department". Imperial College London. 3 February 2020.
  2. "Excellence in chemical engineering recognised through IChemE Medals". Engineering Update. 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  3. "No. 64082". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2023. p. B25.

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