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Professor Chris Abell

November 11, 1957 - October 26, 2020

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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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David Arnott 2020-12-04 19:19:54 wrote:

When I started my PhD with Alan Battersby I was given the bench opposite Chris in Lab 122. He was a kindly mentor to a raw recruit. He was visibly nervous when he had to make diazomethane in glassware with no ground joints in case of explosion. On these occasions I made myself scarce. On his stag night a number of people from the lab tied him up to the railings of St John's College. He was rather anxious but we let him go shortly. I know he was pleased with the prospect of publishing papers authored by Cane and Abell. Chris lived life to the full in both his professional life and in his recreation. I was shocked and saddened to learn of his untimely death

David Arnott 2020-12-04 19:19:54 wrote: When I started my PhD with Alan Battersby I was given the bench opposite Chris in Lab 122. He was a kindly mentor to a raw recruit. He was visibly nervous when he had to make diazomethane in glassware with no ground joints in case of explosion. On these occasions I made myself scarce. On his stag night a number of people from the lab tied him up to the railings of St John's College. He was rather anxious but we let him go shortly. I know he was pleased with the prospect of publishing papers authored by Cane and Abell. Chris lived life to the full in both his professional life and in his recreation. I was shocked and saddened to learn of his untimely death

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