(born 3 June 1955)[citation needed] is a British botanist based in Sabah, Malaysia, specialising in pitcher plants and rhododendrons.
Phillipps received a Botany degree from the University of Durham, England.
Phillipps helped to establish the Herbarium and the Botanical Garden at Kinabalu Park.
[4] She collected samples of Hornstedtia reticulata, now housed at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Phillipps has had a Philopotamidae caddisfly from the genus Gunungiella named after her.