Stephen E. Harding

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British biochemist

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Academic career

Harding studied at Pembroke College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. He then undertook a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the University of Leicester. His doctoral thesis was completed in 1980 and was titled "Modelling biological macromolecules in solution: The general tri-axial ellipsoid". After completing his doctorate, Harding was a Lister postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bristol and then an Oppenheimer postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge. He was also a tutor in Biochemistry at Queens' College, Cambridge.

Besides developing and applying hydrodynamic methodology to biomolecules, Harding's notable work includes finding remarkable protein-like behaviour of carbohydrates and the discovery of high levels of Scandinavian genes in the ancestral population of coastal North West England. He is now part of the Saving Oseberg research team – finding natural polymer consolidants to replace the decayed cellulose and lignin in all the perilously fragile artefacts of the Oseberg Viking ship and in August 2017 appointed an adjunct Professor of the University of Oslo.

In 1991 he became a junior medallist of the Royal Society of Chemistry and in 2002 awarded a DSc from the University of Oxford. For his scientific and historical investigation of the Vikings in North West England, where he hails from, he was, in 2011, made a Knight of the 1st class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit by King Harald of Norway for his "outstanding service in the interests of Norway". He gave the 2016 Hakon Hakonsson Lecture at Largs, and the 2017 Svedberg lecture.

Works

Papers

Books

  • Harding, Stephen (2017). Science and the Vikings. The Hakon Hakonsson Lecture, 2016. Largs & District Historical Society. .
  • Harding, Stephen; Tombs, Michael P.; Adams, Gary G.; Paulsen, Berit Smestad; Inngjerdingen, Kari Tvete; Barsett, Hilde (2017) An Introduction to Polysaccharide Biotechnology. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. .
  • Full list of books: Amazon.co.uk

References

References

  1. [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Biosciences/People/steve.harding Stephen Harding – The University of Nottingham]. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. Harding, Stephen Ernest. (1980). "Modelling biological macromolecules in solution: The general tri-axial ellipsoid". University of Leicester.
  3. (5 January 2023). "Prof Stephen Harding".
  4. "People – Stephen E. Harding". The University of Nottingham.
  5. "Saving Oseberg – Kulturhistorisk museum".
  6. "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer".
  7. University of Nottingham. (5 April 2012). "University scientist and Viking expert made a Knight of Norway".
  8. Largs & District Historical Society. (1 September 2016). "Science and the Vikings".
  9. "Svedberg Lecture".

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