Regular biography
Professor Paula Booth is the Daniell Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at King's College London. She leads an interdisciplinary research group at the interface of Chemistry and Life Sciences, focusing on membrane protein folding, lipid regulation, and synthetic biology applications. Her work explores the biosynthetic folding of integral membrane proteins, reaction mechanisms, and the role of membrane lipids in protein function. She has received several awards, including the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award and Philip Leverhulme Prize, and her research is supported by grants from the Wellcome Trust, ERC, and EPSRC. She also serves on various advisory boards and panels, including the Rosalind Franklin Next Generation Chemistry Board.