University of Liverpool
DOUGLAS KELL, University of Liverpool
B.A. (Hons) Biochemistry at St John's College, Oxford (1975) (Class 21 with Distinction in Chemical Pharmacology). Senior Scholar of St John's College, Oxford, M.A. (Oxon), D.Phil. (Oxon) 1978. SRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1978-1980), Postdoctoral Research Assistant (1980-81) and SERC Advanced Fellow (1981- 1983), and 'New Blood' lecturer in Microbial Physiology (1983- 1988), all at the Department of Botany & Microbiology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Reader in Microbiology, Dept of Biological Sciences, UCW, Aberystwyth, 1988-1992, and Founding Director, Aber Instruments Ltd, Science Park, Aberystwyth. Personal Chair, The University of Wales, 1992. Director of Research, Institute of Biological Sciences, UWA 1997-2002. Founding Director, Aber Genomic Computing, 2001-. EPSRC/RSC Research Professor of Bioanalytical Science, UMIST 2002- , The University of Manchester 2004-2019. University of Liverpool 2019-present. 2005-8 Director, BBSRC Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology. 2008-2013 (0.8 FTE secondment), Chief Executive, Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council. 2019-present: Chief Scientific Officer, Mellizyme Ltd. 2020-present, Cofounder, PhenUTest Ltd.
1998 Aber Instruments received a Queen’s Award for Export Achievement.
2004 Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Science Award
2005 FEBS-IUBMB Theodor Bücher prize. 2005 Royal Society/Wolfson Merit Award.
2005 Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Chemical Biology
2006 Royal Society of Chemistry/ Societry of Analytical Chemistry Gold Medal
2000-2006 Member, BBSRC Council, BBSRC Strategy Board, NERC Environmental Genomics
Committee
2008-2013 Chief Executive BBSRC (0.8 FTE)
2012 Honorary DSc, Cranfield University
2012 Fellow of the AAAS
2014 CBE, New Years Honours
2015 DSc, University of Aberdeen
2015 DSc, University of East Anglia
He has published over 500 scientific papers, 87 of which have been cited over 100 times (as judged by WoK). His H-index 94 (WoK) or 121 (Google Scholar). Total citations >35,000 (WoK) or >60,000 (GS). http://dbkgroup.org/publications/. Twitter @dbkell. Free book at http://osf.io/pnxcs/.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Kell.
Sunday, July 10, 2022
4:35 PM – 4:55 PM