Stephen E. Harding
Stephen E. Harding (born August 2, 1955) is a British biochemist specialising in biomolecular hydrodynamics. Harding is currently Professor of Applied Biochemistry at the University of Nottingham, has been the Director of the National Centre of Macromolecular Hydrodynamics since its foundation in 1987 and is a member of the Centre for the Study of the Viking Age.[1]
Harding's notable work includes finding remarkable protein-like behaviour of carbohydrates and the discovery of high levels of Scandinavian genes in the ancestral population of North West England and helping to organise the sailing of a Viking longship from Norway to Wallasey.[2] In 2002 he was awarded a DSc from the University of Oxford and in January 2012 was awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.[1][3]
Works
Papers
- Bowden, Georgina R.; Balaresque, Patricia; King, Turi E.; Hansen, Ziff; Lee, Andrew C.; Pergl-Wilson, Giles; Hurley, Emma; Roberts, Stephen J.; Waite, Patrick; Jesch, Judith; Jones, Abigail L.; Thomas, Mark G.; Harding, Stephen E.; Jobling, Mark A. (2008). "Excavating past population structures by surname-based sampling: the genetic legacy of the Vikings in Northwest England". Molecular Biology and Evolution 25 (2): 301–309.
Books
- Cavill, Paul; Harding, Stephen; Jesch, Judith (2000). Wirral and Its Viking Heritage. English Place-Name Society. ISBN 978-0-904889-59-8.
- Harding, Stephen (2002). Viking Mersey: Scandinavian Wirral, West Lancashire and Chester. Countryvise Limited. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-901231-3-42.
- Harding, Stephen; Jobling, Mark; King, Turi (2010). Viking DNA: The Wirral and West Lancashire Project. Nottingham University Press. ISBN 978-1-907284-94-6.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen Harding - The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ↑ Mullen, Tom (18 July 2014). "Longship sheds light on Merseyside's Viking history". BBC News. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ↑ Knight of the 1st Class den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
External links
- Stephen Harding at the School of Biosciences, The University of Nottingham
- Stephen Harding at the Centre for the Study of the Viking Age
- National Centre of Macromolecular Hydrodynamics