Kim Dale (United Kingdom)

Professor Kim Dale, FRSB is a leading figure in molecular developmental biology and international education. She is currently Interim Vice Principal (International) at the University of Dundee. Kim has been instrumental in establishing research and teaching partnerships overseas with partner institutions in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Netherlands, USA, at the undergraduate and postgraduate level.

These partnerships include articulations, dual and joint degrees, validated degrees and forming partnerships with government funded sponsorship bodies in a wide variety of disciplines including her own discipline of Life Sciences. Kim is a guest professor at Taylors University in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Kim is chair of the University Humanitarian oversight board and the University International scholarship committee. From 2016 until May 2024, Kim was Associate Dean International for the School of Life Sciences. From 2017 until September 2021, Kim was the University Academic Regional Lead in Southeast Asia. From September 2021 until February 2025, Kim was the Assistant Vice-Principal (International).

Kim did undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in England, and she was a postdoctoral researcher in France and the USA before coming to Dundee to establish her own research group in 2005 as a Royal Society University Research Fellow. Kim is now Professor of Molecular Developmental Biology and is an internationally renowned leading scientist in the role and regulation of the Notch signalling pathway which plays essential roles during vertebrate development, and which also underlies many diseases. Kim is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.

As Professor of Molecular Developmental Biology, Dale interest is to further understand of how several genetic interactions come into play at the earliest stages of development to build the developing embryo.

Professor Dale leads numerous research initiatives, including an MRC-funded project on post transcriptional regulation of oscillatory clock genes (2024–27), and research into NICD1 turnover affecting segmentation periodicity Her group publishes consistently, with 40+ outputs and ongoing contributions in developmental biology.

In leadership roles, Dale served as Associate Dean (International) in the School of Life Sciences (2016–2024), University Academic Regional Lead for Southeast Asia (2017–2021), and Assistant Vice Principal (International) from 2021 to early 2025. She is also Guest Professor at Taylor’s University, Kuala Lumpur, chairs the University Humanitarian Oversight Board, and heads the University International Scholarship Committee.

Dale’s excellence has been recognized through multiple fellowships and awards: Royal Society University Research Fellow (2005, renewals in 2010), Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (2012), and Best Postgraduate Supervisor awarded by DUSA in 2018.

A dedicated mentor and educator, Professor Dale regularly supervises BSc, MSc, and PhD students, lectures in cell and developmental biology, and fosters international research and teaching partnerships. Her work continues to shape our understanding of developmental biology and expand the global impact of the University of Dundee.