Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge
The Baroness Brown of Cambridge | |
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Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 30 October 2015 | |
| Vice-Chancellor of Aston University | |
| In office 2006–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Michael T. Wright |
| Succeeded by | Alec Cameron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Julia Elizabeth King 11 July 1954 Paddington, London, England |
| Party | Crossbench |
| Spouse |
Colin William Brown (m. 1984) |
| Scientific career | |
| Education | Godolphin and Latymer School |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
| Known for | King Review of low-carbon cars |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Fracture mechanisms in embrittled alloy steels (1979) |
| Doctoral students | James Marrow David Knowles |
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Julia Elizabeth King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge (born 11 July 1954) is a British engineer and a crossbench member of the House of Lords, where she chairs the Select Committee on Science and Technology. She is the incumbent chair of the Carbon Trust and the Henry Royce Institute, and was the vice-chancellor of Aston University from 2006 to 2016.