Susan Lea (scientist)

Susan Lea
Born
Susan Mary Lea

1969 (age 5556)
EducationOxford High School, England
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (MA, DPhil)
AwardsEMBO Member (2015) Fellow of the Royal Society, F.R.S. (2022) Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, F.Med.Sci (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsStructural biology
InstitutionsNational Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
University of Oxford
ThesisStructural studies on foot-and-mouth disease virus (1993)
Doctoral advisorsDavid Stuart
Websiteccr.cancer.gov/staff-directory/susan-m-lea

Susan Mary Lea FRS FMedSci (born 1969) is a British biologist who serves as chief of the center for structural biology at the National Cancer Institute. Her research investigates host-pathogen interactions and biomolecular pathways. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2022.