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Dr Gary Robinson is a Senior Lecturer in Microbial Technology within the School of Biosciences (0.5 FTE) and is the Technology Transfer Manager of the University (O.5 FTE). Gary has been a lecturer since 1994 and has worked in the … Continue reading →

Dr Jeremy Rossman  joined the School of Biosciences in November 2011 as a Lecturer in Virology. He received a Ph.D. in Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Bethesda, Maryland, USA) for his studies on … Continue reading →

Dr. Mark Shepherd joined the School of Biosciences in 2011. He was born in England, was brought up in North Wales, and subsequently studied Biochemistry at the University of Sheffield (1996-1999). He stayed in the Department of Molecular Biology & … Continue reading →

Professor Mark Smales is currently Professor of Industrial Biotechnology in the School of Biosciences at the University of Kent. The group headed by Mark has a number of on-going projects whose objectives are to further advance our understanding of biotechnological … Continue reading →

Dr. Anastasios (Tasos) Tsaousis will be joining the School on the 1st of July 2013. As an undergraduate student Anastasios studied Biology at University of Crete, Greece (1999-2003). There, he had the opportunity to complete his final year project on … Continue reading →

Professor Mick Tuite joined the School of Biosciences in 1983 after conducting postdoctoral research at the University of California (1978-81) and the University of Oxford (1981-83). He began his research studies on yeast whilst a PhD student under the supervision … Continue reading →

Dr Tobias von der Haar joined the School of Biosciences in 2005. He is a member of the Industrial Biotechnology Centre (IBC), the Yeast Molecular Biology Group and the Kent Fungal Group. Degrees Held 1995 – Undergraduate Studies, University of … Continue reading →

Professor Martin Warren joined the School of Biosciences in 2005. He is a member of the Industrial Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology Group and the Industrial Biotechnology Centre. Martin was born in Northern Ireland, brought up in County Down, and went … Continue reading →

Mark joined the School of Biosciences in October 2012. He obtained his first degree in Natural Sciences at Cambridge University in 2000 followed by a Masters in Computing at Imperial College London. After a few years working in Industry as … Continue reading →

Dr Richard Williamson joined the School of Biosciences in April 1990. He is a member of the Protein Form and Function Group. Education and Research Career 1986 BSc. Biochemistry. University of Bath 1990 PhD Biochemistry. University of Kent / Celltech … Continue reading →