Joanna Verran

Joanna Verran
FRSB
Alma materUniversity of Manchester (BSc, MSc, PhD)
AwardsAAAS Award for Public Engagement with Science (2019)
National Teaching Fellowship (2011)
Scientific career
InstitutionsManchester Metropolitan University
ThesisEffect of two potential sucrose-substitutes upon adherence and sucrose metabolism of Streptoccus mutans (1981)
Websitewww2.mmu.ac.uk/athena-swan/women-in-science-at-mmu/joanna-verran/

Joanna Verran FRSB is an Emeritus Professor of Microbiology and Head of Science Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). She studies the interaction of microorganisms with inert surfaces. She was awarded the 2019 AAAS Award for Public Engagement with Science.