Email: g.halket@surrey.ac.uk

As a Fellowship Advisor, Gillian is responsible for assessing applicants’ eligibility for a Fellowship, supporting them through the application process and mentoring successful Fellows throughout their Fellowship.

Gillian is herself a former Daphne Jackson Fellow with a strong background in both industrial and academic research. She holds a BSc in genetics and microbiology from the University of Aberdeen and a PhD in Bacterial Systematics from Glasgow Caledonian University. She spent time working in the USA as a senior scientist within a global biotechnology company, followed by many years as an academic research fellow prior to a six-year career break to care for her young children. After completion of her Daphne Jackson Fellowship in 2020, Gillian worked in research support and coordination in a world-leading pharmaceutical manufacturing research centre at the University of Strathclyde, before joining us in 2022.