Background
Donald, Dame Athene Margaret Daughter of Walter and Annette Marian (Tylor) Griffith.
Donald, Dame Athene Margaret Daughter of Walter and Annette Marian (Tylor) Griffith.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1977.
Research assistant Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1977—1981. Research fellow Cambridge University, 1981—1985, lecturer, 1985—1995, reader, 1995—1998, professor, since 1998, deputy head department physics, 2003—2010. Director Women in Science, Engineering and Technology Initiative, University Cambridge.
Fellow: American Physical Society (CV Boys prize 1989), Institute Physics (Mott prize 2005), Royal Society (chair Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship panel, Bakenan lectureship 2006). Member: Institute Materials (Rosenhaim prize 1995).
Married Matthew James Donald, July 3, 1976. Children: James George, Margaret Frances.