Andrew Harrison (scientist)
# Andrew Harrison (scientist)

Andrew Harrison OBE is a British chemist and a research manager. From 1978 he studied chemistry at Oxford University, where he graduated as PhD in 1985. Then he worked as a researcher in Britain, Canada and France. In October 2020 he became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

## Career

Harrison's work is focused on chemistry.

* 09/1985 - 12/1988: Junior Research Fellow at St. John's College, Oxford
* 01-12/1988 - Research Fellow at McMaster University
* 01/1989 - 12/1991: Royal Society Research Fellow at Oxford University
* 01/1992 - 07/2006: University of Edinburgh, from 2000 Professor of Solid-state chemistry, from 2001 Founding Director of the Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions
* 08/2006 - 12/2013: Associate Director, from 2011 Director-General of Institut Laue-Langevin at Grenoble, France
* 01/2013 - 10/2022 CEO of Diamond Light Source, UK
* from 11/2022 - Director of Science at Extreme Light Infrastructure

According to St. John's College, Harrison is one of the most successful British research managers. Besides the COVID-19 related research, his focus is to design new batteries and to improve the plastic recycling with an efficient plastic degrading enzyme.

