H. Jane Dyson

Early life and education Jane Dyson was born in England, and was raised near Sydney. She received her PhD in inorganic chemistry from the same institution in 1977.

Awards and honours Dyson has received several awards for her research including the Roslyn Flora Goulston Prize for Biochemistry from the University of Sydney in 1971. The Postdoctoral Award from the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Fund in 1977. In 2009, she was awarded a D.Sc. from the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney. In 2010, Dyson received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the San Diego Section of the American Chemical Society.

Biophysical Journal Jane Dyson was the fifteenth editor-in-chief of the Biophysical Journal and the first woman editor of the journal.

Personal life Dyson is married to scientist Peter Wright, who also studies intrinsically disordered proteins. They have two children.