Nazira Karodia

Career and research Karodia joined the University of Florida as a fellow in the Centre for Heterocyclic Chemistry where she worked on developed Benzothiazines and Benzotriazoles. Karodia was appointed senior lecturer at the University of Bradford and made director for STEM in 1998. Her chemistry research focused on ionic liquids and liquid crystalline polymers. Karodia is part of the European Union funded GENOVATE project: Transforming organisational culture for gender equality in research and innovation. She is also working on programmes to promote careers in science and engineering, especially for students from underrepresented parts of the community.

Since 2021 she has held the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor at Edinburgh Napier University. Prior to this she worked at the University of Wolverhampton where she was Pro Vice Chancellor Regional Engagement (February 2020 – July 2021), Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering (February 2016 – January 2020) and Professor of Science Education. She has partnered with the Doaba Group of Colleges. In 2018 she launched a new partnerships health science course. In 2017 she was honoured at the ShruthiUK Birmingham Thyagaraja Festival with a Women-in-Science award. In 2015 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).

Personal life Karodia has twin daughters, both of whom studied physics at university. The University of York, where she was a student, have an award in her honour.