Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley

Director of Innovations and Impact

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Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley

Director of Innovations and Impact

Biography

Beatrix is Director of Innovation and Impact at BAS. Her passion is to ensure that excellent research has benefit for society beyond academia, and addresses the burning issues of our time. Her remit includes innovation that underpins decarbonisation of polar operations and beyond, making most effective, collaborative use of data for evidence-based decision making, and use of inclusive, creative, interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial approaches to effect change.

She studied Biochemistry in Germany and then moved to Cambridge, where she obtained her MPhil and PhD in photosynthesis research. After a decade in fundamental research she moved into technology transfer and co-design of applicable R&D, with an emphasis on socio-economic impact and entrepreneurship. At BAS, she leads the Innovation Directorate with seven teams, chairs the Net Zero Carbon Strategy Group, and is a member of the Executive, Management and Science Strategy Teams. She is Diversity Champion for the BAS Directorate and co-chairs the Diversity in UK Polar Science Steering Group.

Her work has driven the development of the AURORA Innovation Centre at BAS which includes excellent conference and meeting facilities, exhibition areas and an open-plan Collaboration Space. AURORA fosters excellent research and entrepreneurial activity in the areas of climate change, environmental stewardship and technologies for challenging environments, addressing issues of global importance and helping society adapt to a changing world.

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2023

2021

Griffiths, Huw J. , Muschitiello, Pilvi, Hough, Geraldine, Logan-Park, Nicole, Frater, Donna, Hendry, Katharine R., Schlarb-Ridley, Beatrix. (2021) Diversity in polar science: Promoting inclusion through our daily words and actions [Editorial]. Antarctic Science, 33 (). pp. 10.1017/S0954102021000584

. (2021) Polar Horizons 2021 Report. , , pp. (.)

2018

Gwynn-Jones, Dylan, Dunne, Hannah, Donisson, Iain, Robson, Paul, Sanfratello, Giovanni Marco, Schlarb-Ridley, Beatrix, Hughes, Kevin , Convey, Peter . (2018) Can the optimisation of pop-up agriculture in remote communities help feed the world?. Global Food Security, 18 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gfs.2018.07.003

Ridley, Christian J.A., Parker, Brenda M., Norman, Louisa, Schlarb-Ridley, Beatrix, Dennis, Ross, Jamieson, Alexandra E., Clark, Daniel, Skill, Stephen C., Smith, Alison G., Davey, Matthew P.. (2018) Growth of microalgae using nitrate-rich brine wash from the water industry. Algal Research, 33 (). pp. 10.1016/j.algal.2018.04.018

2015

Parker, Brenda M., Davey, Matthew P., Norman, Louiza, Schlarb-Ridley, Beatrix G., Smith, Alison G.. (2015) Biomass from brine: Scale up of nitrate bioremediation experiments. (meeting abstract). European Journal of Phycology, 50 (). pp.

Climate Code
Diversity in UK Polar Science Initiative – Key outcomes
Towards Net Zero Carbon
Transformation
ApRES and groundwater
Impact of Plastic in the Polar Regions
SO-AntEco Biodiversity
Using an Antarctic fungus as a wintertime biopesticide
EMBRC
EU-PolarNet
Biomass from brine: Scale up of nitrate bioremediation experiments. (meeting abstract)