Eleanor Dodson is a computational biologist who specialises in the investigation of protein structures using X-ray crystallography. Known as a great teacher and influencer in the field of protein crystallography, Eleanor has made major contributions to both theory and practice. She teaches widely and is a co-editor of the Journal of Applied Crystallography.

Eleanor’s work to develop computational standard analyses for crystallography methods —such as molecular replacement, phasing and refinement — has brought the ability to understand large molecule structures into the public realm, revolutionising science and medicine.

Eleanor is lead scientist of the Collaborative Computational Project Number 4 (CCP4) program suite, a project that is coordinated by the Science & Technology Facilities Council. Freely available throughout the world, this software has had enormous global impact, simplifying and standardizing the experimental determination of protein structures for academic and commercial users.