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Meagan S. Allen is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of the History of Science and Technology at Johns Hopkins University. She specializes in medieval alchemy and its intersections with pharmacology and theology, particularly through the works of Roger Bacon. Her research focuses on how alchemical theories informed medieval understandings of health, longevity, and the natural world.
Education: PhD in History of Science from Indiana University (2021). Prior roles include the Cain Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Science History Institute (2021-2023) and fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (2019-2020) and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (2021).
Her first monograph explores Bacon’s alchemical theories as alternatives to university medical curricula, while her current edited volume examines the sciences in Bacon’s Opus maius, written for Pope Clement IV to advocate for scientific and theological reform.
Research interests include medieval scientific practices, science-religion interactions, and the philosophical underpinnings of humoral theory. She has held prestigious postdoctoral fellowships and continues to advance interdisciplinary studies in medieval intellectual history.
