Elected: 2013
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology
Professor Pauline Schaap
Personal Professor of Developmental Signalling, University of Dundee
When Professor Pauline Schapp came to the University of Dundee in 1999 to join the Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, she was already a highly-regarded senior scientist. During her time in Dundee, she has driven major advances in the understanding of an important model system in cell and molecular biology, Dictyostelium. In 2011, Pauline became a Correspondent of The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her work is published in over 100 publications.