Sarah Harris (scientist)

Sarah Harris
Born
Sarah Anne Harris
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA)
University of Nottingham (PhD)
AwardsSuffrage Science award (2019)
Scientific career
FieldsBiological physics
Molecular simulation
InstitutionsUniversity College London
University of Leeds
University of Sheffield
ThesisTheoretical investigations of DNA structure and dynamics (2001)
Websiteastbury.leeds.ac.uk/people/dr-sarah-harris/

Sarah Anne Harris is a British physicist who is an Associate Professor of Biological Physics at the University of Leeds and Professor of Biological Physics at University of Sheffield. Her research investigates biomolecular simulations and the topology of DNA. In particular, she makes use of molecular dynamics to explore how DNA responds to stress. She serves as chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) computational collaborative project in Biomolecular simulation.