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| office = Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Exeter]]
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| term_start = September 2020
| term_start = September 2020
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| predecessor = [[Steve Smith (political scientist)|Sir Steve Smith]]
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| salary = £323,000 (2021–22)<ref name="Exeter Financial Statement 21/22">{{cite web |url=https://www.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/financeservices/pdfs/annualreport2021-2022.pdf |title=Financial Statements for the Year to 31 July 2022 |access-date=2 February 2023 |publisher=University of Exeter |page=29 }}</ref>
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'''Professor Lisa O. Roberts''' is [[vice chancellor]] and President of the [[University of Exeter]]. She took over from professor [[Steve Smith (academic)|Steve Smith]] on his retirement on 1 September 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/organisation/management/vicechancellor/ |title=The Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive |publisher=[[University of Exeter]] |date=2020 |accessdate=8 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/professional-services/virologist-becomes-new-vc-exeter-18860789 |title=Virologist becomes new VC at Exeter University |publisher=Business Live |date=2 September 2020 |accessdate=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newton-gcrf.org/newton-fund/newton-prize/2019-newton-prize/professor-lisa-roberts/ |title=Professor Lisa Roberts |publisher=Newton Fund - Global Challenges Research Fund |date=6 October 2020 |accessdate=11 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theexeterdaily.co.uk/news/local-news/professor-lisa-roberts-starts-new-vice-chancellor-university-exeter |title=Professor Lisa Roberts starts as new Vice-Chancellor at the University of Exeter |publisher=Exeter Daily |date=1 September 2020 |accessdate=11 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/governance/managed/executive/ |title=University Governance |publisher=University of Exeter |date= |accessdate=25 October 2023}}</ref>
'''[[Professor]] Lisa O. Roberts''' is [[vice chancellor|vice-chancellor]] and President of the [[University of Exeter]]. She took over from professor [[Steve Smith (academic)|Steve Smith]] on his retirement on 1 September 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/organisation/management/vicechancellor/ |title=The Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive |publisher=[[University of Exeter]] |date=2020 |accessdate=8 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/professional-services/virologist-becomes-new-vc-exeter-18860789 |title=Virologist becomes new VC at Exeter University |publisher=Business Live |date=2 September 2020 |accessdate=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newton-gcrf.org/newton-fund/newton-prize/2019-newton-prize/professor-lisa-roberts/ |title=Professor Lisa Roberts |publisher=Newton Fund - Global Challenges Research Fund |date=6 October 2020 |accessdate=11 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theexeterdaily.co.uk/news/local-news/professor-lisa-roberts-starts-new-vice-chancellor-university-exeter |title=Professor Lisa Roberts starts as new Vice-Chancellor at the University of Exeter |publisher=Exeter Daily |date=1 September 2020 |accessdate=11 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/governance/managed/executive/ |title=University Governance |publisher=University of Exeter |date= |accessdate=25 October 2023}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 22:28, 5 June 2025

Professor Emerita
Lisa Roberts
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 2020
Preceded bySir Steve Smith
Personal details
Born
Lisa O. Roberts
Alma mater
Salary£323,000 (2021–22)[1]
Academic work
DisciplineMicrobiology, Virology
Main interestsMicrobiology, virology

Professor Lisa O. Roberts is vice-chancellor and President of the University of Exeter. She took over from professor Steve Smith on his retirement on 1 September 2020.[2][3][4][5][6]

Early life

In 1990, Roberts graduated with a Bachelor of Science in medical microbiology and general microbiology from the University of Birmingham.

Career

After graduation, Roberts joined Procter and Gamble as a product development manager in the UK and Belgium. In 1995, she moved to the BBSRC Institute for Animal Health (now the Pirbright Institute) and the University of Kent, where she studied for a PhD in molecular virology. In 1998, she joined the University of Surrey academic staff, where she became lecturer, senior lecturer, and professor of virology. By 2012, she was executive dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey, where she launched a new school of veterinary medicine [7] In 2016, she moved to the University of Leeds. In 2019, it was announced that she would succeed Sir Steve Smith on his retirement as vice-chancellor and chief executive at the University of Exeter as of 1 September 2020.[8]

In 2022, Professor Roberts was made Chair of the Department for Education Spiking Working Group to lead a group of academics, practitioners and student victims to improve the prevention of and responses to spiking.[9]

Publications

References

  1. ^ "Financial Statements for the Year to 31 July 2022" (PDF). University of Exeter. p. 29. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ^ "The Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive". University of Exeter. 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Virologist becomes new VC at Exeter University". Business Live. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Professor Lisa Roberts". Newton Fund - Global Challenges Research Fund. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Professor Lisa Roberts starts as new Vice-Chancellor at the University of Exeter". Exeter Daily. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  6. ^ "University Governance". University of Exeter. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Guildford torchbearer - Lisa Roberts". Surrey Live. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Professor Lisa Roberts named new vice chancellor of Exeter University". DevonLive. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Spiking of university students to be tackled". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
Academic offices
Preceded by
unknown
 Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Innovation
of the University of Leeds
2016-2020 		Succeeded by
unknown
Preceded by Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Exeter
2020- 		Succeeded by
current


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