Sarah Harris (scientist)
Sarah Harris | |
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| Born | Sarah Anne Harris |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA) University of Nottingham (PhD) |
| Awards | Suffrage Science award (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biological physics Molecular simulation |
| Institutions | University College London University of Leeds University of Sheffield |
| Thesis | Theoretical investigations of DNA structure and dynamics (2001) |
| Website | astbury |
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.