Professor Chris Abell remembrance page and online condolences

02-11 2020 11:25 wrote:

A brilliant colleague in every sense of the word. Chris was able to turn his mind to anything from the complexities of the REF to the machinations required to deliver a new nursery while keeping a sense of humour. He could also, casually, run and cycle enormous distances (the Eddington Number might have been invented for him) which made his sudden death all the more shocking. He will be hugely missed; all our sympathies are with his family for whom the loss will be incomparably higher.

02-11 2020 11:25 wrote:

A brilliant colleague in every sense of the word. Chris was able to turn his mind to anything from the complexities of the REF to the machinations required to deliver a new nursery while keeping a sense of humour. He could also, casually, run and cycle enormous distances (the Eddington Number might have been invented for him) which made his sudden death all the more shocking. He will be hugely missed; all our sympathies are with his family for whom the loss will be incomparably higher.

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Professor Chris Abell

November 11, 1957 - October 26, 2020

The administrator of this page is Katherine Abell

Professor Chris Abell FRS FMedsci was Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research, and Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. A biological chemist, he was an undergraduate and postgraduate at Cambridge, before doing postdoctoral research at Brown University, USA. Chris was admitted as a Fellow of Christ's College in 1986. He led research teams in the Department of Chemistry pioneering the use of fragment-based approaches in drug discovery and developing microdroplets as an experimental platform. Chris cofounded Astex, Sphere Fluidics and Aqdot, and was a founding director of Cambridge Enterprise. From 2013-2015 Chris was the first Director of Postdoctoral Affairs at the University.

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2020-11-02 11:25:59 wrote:

A brilliant colleague in every sense of the word. Chris was able to turn his mind to anything from the complexities of the REF to the machinations required to deliver a new nursery while keeping a sense of humour. He could also, casually, run and cycle enormous distances (the Eddington Number might have been invented for him) which made his sudden death all the more shocking. He will be hugely missed; all our sympathies are with his family for whom the loss will be incomparably higher.

2020-11-02 11:25:59 wrote: A brilliant colleague in every sense of the word. Chris was able to turn his mind to anything from the complexities of the REF to the machinations required to deliver a new nursery while keeping a sense of humour. He could also, casually, run and cycle enormous distances (the Eddington Number might have been invented for him) which made his sudden death all the more shocking. He will be hugely missed; all our sympathies are with his family for whom the loss will be incomparably higher.

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