Person
Hapgood, Karen
FTSE
- Occupation
- Chemical engineer and University Administrator
- Website
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0402-8954
Summary
Karen Hapgood is a leading chemical engineer whose research focuses on engineering powder particles used widely in the manufacture of new drugs. After working for a number of years in pharmaceutical research and development, she joined Monash University as a lecturer in chemical engineering. She was promoted to Professor of Chemical Engineering in 2014. Hapgood moved to Deakin University in 2017 to become Head of the School of Engineering. Since March 2022 Hapgood has been Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Swinburne University of Technology. The Bronwyn Adams and Karen Hapgood Award is given annually by Monash University to its highest-achieving female undergraduate in chemical engineering.
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Chronology
- 1993
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Queensland
- 1994 - 1996
- Career position - Project Engineer, Honeywell
- 2000
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Queensland
- 2000 - 2002
- Career position - Senior Research Chemical Engineer, Merck
- 2003 - 2004
- Career position - Project Engineer, Merck
- 2005
- Career position - Process Engineer, Technical Operations, Merck Shapre & Dohme
- 2006
- Award - New Investigator Award in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
- 2006 - 2010
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering, Monash University
- 2010
- Award - Uhde-Shedden Medal, Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers
- 2010
- Award - Monash Research Accelerator Award, Monash University
- 2011 - 2013
- Career position - Associate Professor, Department of Engineering, Monash University
- 2012 -
- Award - Fellow, Institute of Chemical Engineering
- 2012 - 2016
- Career position - Head, Department of Engineering, Monash University
- 2013 -
- Award - Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- April 2013 - March 2017
- Career position - Manager, Karen Hapgood Consulting
- 2014 - 2016
- Career position - Professor of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
- 2017 - June 2018
- Career position - Head, School of Engineering, Deakin Uinversity
- July 2018 - January 2022
- Career position - Executive Dean, Faculty of Science, Engineering, and the Built Environment, Deakin University
- 2019 -
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2021
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (FTSE)
- March 2022 -
- Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Swinburne University of Technology
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Created: 22 November 2022, Last modified: 29 November 2022