Lesley Jane Yellowlees was born on 1953 and is a British inorganic chemist conducting research in Spectroelectrochemistry, Electron transfer reactions and Electron paramagnetic resonance Spectroscopy.
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Lesley Yellowlees was born in 1953 in London, moving to Edinburgh at the age of 9 and attending St Hilary's Girls' School.
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Lesley Yellowlees's father worked for Rank Hovis McDougall, and she has two sisters.
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Lesley Yellowlees completed her higher education at the University of Edinburgh, gaining a BSc in Chemical Physics in 1975, and PhD in Inorganic Electrochemistry in 1982.
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Lesley Yellowlees was the only woman graduate in her undergraduate class, graduating with a first.
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Lesley Yellowlees was the first woman to be appointed head of chemistry in the university.
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Lesley Yellowlees was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2005 and an Honorary Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry in 2015.
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Lesley Yellowlees became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2012.
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Lesley Yellowlees took over the presidency of the Royal Society of Chemistry on 4 July 2012 for a two-year term.
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Lesley Yellowlees was appointed MBE in 2005 for services to science and CBE in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to chemistry.
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Lesley Yellowlees holds Honorary Doctorates from Heriot-Watt University, and Edinburgh Napier University.
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Lesley Yellowlees was named the University of Edinburgh Alumnus of the Year 2013 in honour of her research, leadership and her work as an advocate for women in STEM subjects.
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Lesley Yellowlees is married to Peter W Yellowlees, a Chartered Accountant, and they have two children.