Academic staff in the School of Biosciences 

Head of School

Professor Robert Jackson

Professor Robert Jackson

Chair in Tree Pathology
Head of School of Biosciences

School of Biosciences

Professor Rob Jackson is an expert in bacteria-plant interactions, making major contributions to the understanding of how pathogens cause disease and how pathogens evolve to evade host immunity. He also has interests in applied biology questions relating to biocontrol approaches to treat plant diseases.

Telephone
0121 414 5886
Email
r.w.jackson@bham.ac.uk

Academic staff

Professor Gurdyal Besra

Professor Gurdyal Besra

Bardrick Professor of Microbial Physiology and Chemistry

School of Biosciences

Professor Besra heads a world-leading multidisciplinary team investigating key aspects of the microbial physiology of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall and the potential role of iNKT/CD1d therapeutics. He has been awarded and successfully managed over 50 research grants valued at over £35 million from The Wellcome Trust, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 58125
Email
g.besra@bham.ac.uk

Dr Apoorva Bhatt

Dr Apoorva Bhatt

Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology
Program Leader- MSc Microbiology and Infection

School of Biosciences

Apoorva Bhatt - Research in 60 seconds videoDr. Bhatt is a Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology in the School of Biosciences. A prestigious Fellowship- a Career Development Award from the Medical Research Council-enabled him to set up his research group at the University of Birmingham in 2006. Dr.Bhatt’s research interests include studying pathogenic mycobacteria and how they cause disease, with a particular focus on Mycobacterium ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45893
Email
a.bhatt@bham.ac.uk

Professor Chris Bunce

Professor Chris Bunce

Professor of Translational Cancer Biology
Head of Research

School of Biosciences

Professor Chris Bunce directs a translational research group dedicated to the development of novel therapies for leukaemias and lymphomas. A particular focus is the exploitation of drug redeployment strategies using off- patent drugs to provide affordable therapies that can be exploited by all including the worlds poorer nations.

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5559
Email
c.m.bunce@bham.ac.uk

Professor Steve Busby

Professor Steve Busby

Professor of Biochemistry

School of Biosciences

Research in Steve Busby’s lab is concerned with understanding the molecular mechanisms that control gene expression in bacteria, with particular attention to studying the regulation of transcription initiation in Escherichia coli. Much of the recent work has focussed on the expression of virulence determinants in pathogenic strains.

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5439
Email
s.j.w.busby@bham.ac.uk

Dr Florian Busch

Dr Florian Busch

Lecturer

School of Biosciences

Dr Florian Busch is a theoretical and experimental plant physiologist interested in all aspects of photosynthesis. His focus is on linking different photosynthetic processes with mathematical models to study the biochemical limitations of carbon fixation and to gain a quantitative understanding of how plant carbon uptake responds to changes in the environment.

Email
f.a.busch@bham.ac.uk

Dr Juliano Sarmento Cabral

Dr Juliano Sarmento Cabral

Associate Professor for Biodiversity Modelling and Environmental Change

School of Biosciences

Dr. Juliano Sarmento Cabral is one of the world’s experts in mechanistic modelling of eco-evolutionary biodiversity dynamics. He and his team have developed several mechanistic and process-based models for plant and animal populations, communities, and species ranges to demonstrate, for example, how ecological and genetic traits are both under selection under environmental change and how ...

Email
j.sarmentocabral@bham.ac.uk

Professor Teresa Carlomagno

Professor Teresa Carlomagno

Professor and Academic Lead of HWB-NMR

School of Biosciences

Teresa Carlomagno is an internationally recognized expert in the development and application of integrative structural biology (ISB) to biomolecular complexes. She has dedicated her scientific life to studying how molecular partners communicate with each other; in this mission her research has been pushing the limits of structural biology techniques in solution to address questions of constantly ...

Telephone
0121 414 5881
Email
t.carlomagno@bham.ac.uk

Dr Marco Catoni

Dr Marco Catoni

Lecturer in Plant Biology

School of Biosciences

Dr Catoni integrates computational biology with a range of experimental molecular biology approaches to study the epigenetic mechanisms controlling genome plasticity in plants.

The group investigates the relations between epigenetic and evolution, and develops epigenetic-based approaches to improve plant production, to support a more sustainable agriculture.

View Marco Catoni's Lab Website

Email
m.catoni@bham.ac.uk

Dr Jackie Chappell

Dr Jackie Chappell

Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour

School of Biosciences

Dr Chappell is an expert in the field of animal cognition, and is involved in interdisciplinary research and teaching between the fields of biology, psychology and computer science.

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 3257
Email
j.m.chappell@bham.ac.uk

Professor Yin Chen

Professor Yin Chen

Professor in microbiology

School of Biosciences

Professor Yin Chen is a microbiologist and heads a group focusing on the ecophysiology of how microbes adapt to nutrient stress and climate change.

Email
y.chen.22@bham.ac.uk

Dr Barbara Clough

Dr Barbara Clough

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Biosciences

Barbara is a Research Fellow working in Dr Eva Frickel’s laboratory within the Institute of Microbiology and Infection (IMI), in the College of Life and Environmental Sciences. Barbara works on the cell intrinsic immune response to intracellular pathogens in human cells. She is particularly interested in the interferon gamma (IFNg)-driven control of Toxoplasma gondii at the ...

Telephone
0121 414 7533
Email
b.clough@bham.ac.uk

Dr Juliet Coates

Dr Juliet Coates

Associate Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics

School of Biosciences

Dr Coates's research interests include development, evolution, plant science and cell biology - in particular understanding how plants made the transition to land and how they survived once they got there. Dr Coates has a very strong interest in supporting inclusion and diversity in research, teaching and academic processes.

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45478
Email
j.c.coates@bham.ac.uk

Professor John Kenneth Colbourne

Professor John Kenneth Colbourne

Professor, Chair of Environmental Genomics
Director, Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ)

School of Biosciences

John Colbourne’s investigations encompass the fields of evolutionary ecology, high-throughput biology, environmental and functional genomics. From this blend of disciplines emerges a research program that centers on connecting gene expression and genome structure with individual fitness and population-level responses to environmental challenges. John is the Director of the Centre for ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5423
Email
j.k.colbourne@bham.ac.uk

Dr Lindsey Jane Compton

Dr Lindsey Jane Compton

Lecturer in Genetics

School of Biosciences

Dr Compton is a Lecturer in Genetics in the School of Biosciences and her work is focused on understanding the genetic basis of complex traits in crops and the application of this knowledge for improving crop breeding. 

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5883
Email
l.j.compton@bham.ac.uk

Professor Helen J. Cooper

Professor Helen J. Cooper

Professor of Mass Spectrometry
Deputy Head of School
EPSRC Established Career Fellow

School of Biosciences

Professor Helen J. Cooper is an expert in the gas-phase ion chemistry of peptides and proteins. She is a world-leader in the field of electron capture dissociation mass spectrometry and is responsible for establishing the University of Birmingham as a centre of excellence in mass spectrometry research. Professor Cooper has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and serves on a number of ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 47527
Email
h.j.cooper@bham.ac.uk

Dr Eleanor Cull

Dr Eleanor Cull

Assistant Professor in Human Biology

School of Biosciences

Dr Eleanor Cull is an experienced parasitologist and has worked on gene regulation and metabolism in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and host cell invasion in Toxoplasma gondii

Her main academic interests are in molecular biology and its application in investigating human health and disease.

One of her other interests is innovative teaching techniques. With a unique ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5574
Email
e.cull@bham.ac.uk

Dr Debbie Cunningham

Dr Debbie Cunningham

Associate Professor
Deputy Director of Education for the College of Life and Environmental Sciences (Quality Assurance and Enhancement)

School of Biosciences

Debbie is Deputy Director of Education for the College of Life and Environmental Sciences and a teaching-focused lecturer and Senior Tutor in the School of Biosciences. Within these roles she has interests in influencing and supporting strategies which enhance academic standards and student experience.

Debbie has research expertise in the use of biochemical techniques to characterise regulatory ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 2652
Email
d.cunningham@bham.ac.uk

Professor Tim Dafforn

Professor Tim Dafforn

Professor of Biotechnology
Knowledge Exchange lead for Biosciences

School of Biosciences

Professor Tim Dafforn has established himself as an expert in biophysical spectroscopy with a keen interest in synthetic biology. Professor Dafforn has developed a number of projects from inception through to commercial realization.

 

Telephone
07411283602
Email
t.r.dafforn@bham.ac.uk

Dr Yun Fan

Dr Yun Fan

Associate Professor in Cell and Developmental Genetics

School of Biosciences

Dr Fan’s research interest centres on understanding how cell death, cell proliferation and cell differentiation are coordinated to maintain tissue homeostasis.  This has important implications for cancer development and tissue regeneration.  

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 48513
Email
y.fan@bham.ac.uk

Professor Christine Helen Foyer

Professor Christine Helen Foyer

Professor of Plant Sciences

School of Biosciences

Christine Foyer is an expert in plant metabolism and its regulation under optimal and stress conditions. She is President Elect of the Association of Applied Biologists, the General Secretary of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biologists, an elected Board Member of the American Society of Plant Biologists and a Member of the French Academy of Agriculture. She will soon take up the ...

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01214145565

Professor Noni Franklin-Tong

Professor Noni Franklin-Tong

Emeritus Professor of Plant Cell Biology
Research Fellow

School of Biosciences

Noni Franklin-Tong’s research focuses on the cellular mechanisms involved in the model cell-cell recognition system of self-incompatibility (SI) in Papaver rhoeas(the Field Poppy). She is recognized at an international level for her work in the field of plant cell biology. Specifically she has made major contributions to the field of self-incompatibility, a field that has high importance ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 43702
Email
v.e.franklin-tong@bham.ac.uk

Dr Eva Frickel

Dr Eva Frickel

Senior Wellcome Trust Fellow
Reader

School of Biosciences

The Frickel lab studies interferon gamma-driven human host responses to infection and inflammation. We specifically focus on pathways driven by host guanylate binding proteins (GBPs) and ubiquitin. The pathogens we are most interested in are Toxoplasma gondii and Salmonella typhimurium. Our lab has a strong interest in automated artificial-intelligence-driven image analysis

Email
e.frickel@bham.ac.uk

Professor Daniel Gibbs

Professor Daniel Gibbs

Professorial Fellow

School of Biosciences

Prof Gibbs' group studies how plants use targeted protein degradation as a mechanism for sensing and transducing signals and regulating cellular processes, with a particular focus on the N-degron pathway of the ubiquitin proteasome system.  The group uses a range of genetic, cell biology and biochemical approaches to uncover new functions for protein degradation in the control of growth, ...

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 414 5309
Email
d.gibbs@bham.ac.uk

Professor David Grainger

Professor David Grainger

Professor of Molecular Microbiology

School of Biosciences

Professor Grainger is an expert in the field of bacterial chromosome biology. He relocated his laboratory to the University of Birmingham in March 2011 having previously established a successful research group at the University of Warwick. He is a life-long supporter of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and attributes his capacity to cope with the frequent disappointments that befall a research ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5437
Email
d.grainger@bham.ac.uk

Professor Jonathan Green

Professor Jonathan Green

Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education

School of Biosciences

Professor Jonathan Green is the Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education   as well as being a member of the academic staff in the School of Biosciences. As DPVC (Education) he chairs University Quality Assurance Committee (UQAC), Collaborative Provision Committee (CPC), the Degree Apprenticeships Steering Group, and  Progress & Awards Board (PAB). He also oversees the ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 7451
Email
j.r.green@bham.ac.uk

Dr Scott Hayward

Dr Scott Hayward

Senior Lecturer - Molecular Ecophysiology

School of Biosciences

Dr Hayward’s research group seeks to understand how organisms cope with variable and stressful environments. Temperate, polar and tropical terrestrial invertebrates (insects, mites and nematodes) are the primary focus of this endeavour. His lab uses state-of-the-art tools, and a systems biology approach, to investigate how these organisms detect, repair and stabilize the cellular and ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 47147
Email
s.a.hayward@bham.ac.uk

Professor Alicia Hidalgo

Professor Alicia Hidalgo

Professor of Neurogenetics

School of Biosciences

Alicia Hidalgo - Research in 60 seconds video

Our lab aims to understand structural plasticity of the nervous system: in development, regeneration and repair. That is, what is the link between structure and function in the brain? How does the brain change as we grow, learn and age? What happens in nervous system injury and disease, and how can we promote regeneration and repair?

Find out more from our website

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45416
Email
a.hidalgo@bham.ac.uk

Dr Nik Hodges

Dr Nik Hodges

Reader

School of Biosciences

Dr Nik Hodges is interested in the mechanisms of genetic toxicology, cellular oxidative stress and repair of oxidative DNA damage and his lab was the first to identify that the variant form of the repair protein OGG1 is repair deficient under conditions of oxidative stress which could have important consequences for individual susceptibility to cancer.

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45906
Email
n.hodges@bham.ac.uk

Professor Neil Hotchin

Professor Neil Hotchin

Professor in Molecular Cell Biology

School of Biosciences

Professor Hotchin is a molecular cell biologist with an interest in how cells interact with their immediate environment and how those interactions regulate functions such as cell proliferation, migration and differentiation. He has published a number of high impact papers on the role of small GTP-binding proteins in control of cell function and, more recently, on the role of membrane tyrosine ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45412
Email
n.a.hotchin@bham.ac.uk

Dr Damon Huber

Dr Damon Huber

Assistant Professor in Biochemistry

School of Biosciences

Damon Huber is interested in using a combination of biochemistry and molecular genetics to address complex biological problems in bacteria. The research in his lab is focused on the transport of proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane by the Sec machinery in bacteria, protein folding, and the connection between folding and transport. Damon is a Birmingham Fellow who joined the Institute of ...

Email
d.huber@bham.ac.uk

Dr Graeme Kettles

Dr Graeme Kettles

Assistant Professor in Plant Pathology

School of Biosciences

Dr Graeme Kettles is a molecular plant pathologist with diverse interests across the range of biotic threats that plants encounter. His most recent projects involved study of the virulence strategies used by fungal pathogens of wheat. He is currently establishing a program of tree pathology at Birmingham, in collaboration with the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR).

Telephone
(+44) 0121 4145574
Email
g.j.kettles@bham.ac.uk

Dr Tim Knowles

Dr Tim Knowles

Reader in Structural Biology

School of Biosciences

Tim Knowles is a Reader in Structural Biology whose interest lies in utilising and developing structural and biophysical techniques to elucidate protein function. His research focus spans both prokaryotes and eukaryotes and includes diverse areas of study including resolving the mechanisms of outer membrane biogenesis in Gram-negative bacteria, the development of novel strategies for studying ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5393/+44 (0)121 414 44333
Email
t.j.knowles@bham.ac.uk

Dr Aneika Leney

Associate Professor of Biological Mass Spectrometry

School of Biosciences

Dr Leney is a structural biology-based mass spectrometrist. Her interests focus on protein post-translational modifications and the role that these play in communication or miscommunication in the case of disease. She is also exploring new avenues whereby protein modifications can be utilised for biotechnological applications.

More information: https://www.leney-mass-spectrometry.com/

Email
a.leney@bham.ac.uk

Dr Julia Lodge

Dr Julia Lodge

Reader

School of Biosciences

As Head of the Education for the School of Biosciences I am responsible for the overall shape and management of our undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes.

My main academic interests are in Microbiology and Molecular Biotechnology. I teach microbiology, focusing on bacteria and their role in human health and disease.

One of my other interests is in innovative teaching methods designed ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45482
Email
j.m.lodge@bham.ac.uk

Professor Nick Loman

Professor Nick Loman

Professor of Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics

School of Biosciences

Nick works as Professor of Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics in the Institute for Microbiology and Infection at the University of Birmingham. His research explores the use of cutting-edge genomics and metagenomics approaches to the diagnosis, treatment and surveillance of infectious disease. Nick has so far used high-throughput sequencing to investigate outbreaks of important ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 4145 421
Email
n.j.loman@bham.ac.uk

Professor Andrew Lovering

Professor Andrew Lovering

Professor of Structural Biology

School of Biosciences

I am a Professor of Structural Biology here at Birmingham, and my research interests involve utilising structural biology (and complementary techniques) to investigate protein function – many of these projects involve the unusual predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio; see “Research” tab and be enthused!

Here is a link to a presentation given at an EMBO meeting that provides some ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45419
Email
a.lovering@bham.ac.uk

Dr Estrella Luna-Diez

Dr Estrella Luna-Diez

Associate Professor in Plant Pathology

School of Biosciences

Originally from Spain, Dr Estrella Luna-Diez is a plant pathologist working in the UK since early 2009. Her work is aimed towards plant protection and biosecurity. Dr Luna-Diez studies the sophisticated immune system of plants in order to exploit their resistance capacity to a maximum.

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 8699
Email
e.lunadiez@bham.ac.uk

Dr Roisin Madigan

Dr Roisin Madigan

Associate Professor

School of Biosciences

Programme Director for Natural Sciences.

Dr Roisin Madigan teaches on a variety of courses in Biosciences and the Medical and Dental School, and has particular interest in problem-based learning.  

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 47034
Email
r.madigan@bham.ac.uk

Professor Nigel Maxted

Professor Nigel Maxted

Chair in Plant Genetic Conservation

School of Biosciences

Nigel Maxted is Professor of Plant Genetic Conservation, with specific expertise in in situ and ex situ conservation related to crops, their wild relative and other socio-economically important plants.

Nigel has led National, European and International crop, their wild relative and other socio-economically important plant conservation projects with funding from international (FAO, GEF, Bioversity ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45571
Email
n.maxted@bham.ac.uk

Professor James McDonald

Professor James McDonald

Professor of Microbial Ecology

School of Biosciences

Professor McDonald and his research team apply a combination of cultivation-based and molecular approaches to characterise and engineer both host-associated and environmental microbiomes, to understand their role in host health status, biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem function. Current research focusses on microbiome engineering approaches to address key global challenges such as waste ...

Email
j.e.mcdonald@bham.ac.uk

Dr Megan McDonald

Dr Megan McDonald

Assistant Professor

School of Biosciences

Megan uses next-generation sequencing tools identify and characterise virulence genes from fungal pathogens of wheat and barley. To do this Megan has worked extensively with long-read de novo genome assembly, genome annotation and transposon annotation. Megan’s background is in population genetics of plant pathogens, studying their origins and global movement during her graduate studies. ...

Email
m.c.mcdonald@bham.ac.uk

Dr Steve Minchin

Dr Steve Minchin

Associate Professor
Academic Director - Birmingham International Academy

School of Biosciences

Dr Steve Minchin has an interest in transcriptional control at both the molecular and genomic level. He has a strong interest in research-led teaching, innovation and quality management. In 2009 he was awarded the Head of Schools’ Award for Excellence in Teaching and Supporting Student Learning.

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45438/+44 (0)121 41 51102
Email
s.d.minchin@bham.ac.uk

Dr Patrick Moynihan

Dr Patrick Moynihan

Senior Research Fellow/BBSRC David Phillips Fellow

School of Biosciences

Dr. Moynihan is a Senior Research Fellow and BBSRC David Phillips Fellow in the School of Biosciences. His group employs multi-disciplinary approach to study the pathogenic mycobacteria. He is primarily interested in the molecular rules that underpin complex interactions between bacteria and their host, with an emphasis on the modulation of cell wall structures.

Telephone
+44 (01)21 415 8123
Email
p.j.moynihan@bham.ac.uk

Professor Julia P Myatt

Professor Julia P Myatt

Professor in Collaborative Education
Academic Director of Sustainability Education

School of Biosciences

Professor Julia Myatt is the Academic Director for Sustainability Education at the University of Birmingham. As part of the Senior Education Team, Julia coordinates and promotes the central place of subject-specific and interdisciplinary education in sustainability and climate awareness across the University’s teaching and learning strategy. Julia is also part of the Birmingham Institute ...

Telephone
+ 44 (0)121 414 5598
Email
j.p.myatt@bham.ac.uk

Professor Luisa Orsini

Professor Luisa Orsini

Professor of Evolutionary Systems Biology and Environmental Omics
Alan Turing Fellow, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Co-founder and CEO of Daphne Water Solutions, Deputy Director of the Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ)

School of Biosciences

My mission is to improve environmental health by pushing the boundaries of research and innovation. I apply high throughput sequencing technologies and AI to understand the impact of environmental change on freshwater ecosystems. I work with ghost DNA and resurrected crustaceans to identify the causes of biodiversity loss and the mechanisms of evolution that allow species to persist.

I love ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 4145894
Email
l.orsini@bham.ac.uk

Professor Jeremy Pritchard

Professor Jeremy Pritchard

Professor of Life Sciences Education
Director of Education, College of Life and Environmental Sciences
Birmingham University Teaching Fellow (BUTF)

School of Biosciences

I am a Professor of Life Sciences Education at the University of Birmingham and Director of Education or the College of Life and Environmental Sciences (LES). My research career started with roots in Wales and focused on aphids in Birmingham with stops in the USA, New Zealand and Europe in between. I started looking at single cells under the ground and now as director of Education for the ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45570
Email
j.pritchard@bham.ac.uk

Dr Joshua Quick

Dr Joshua Quick

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow

School of Biosciences

Josh is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of Birmingham developing novel methods for rapid antimicrobial resistance (AMR) prediction. He is a molecular biologist specialising in next-generation sequencing and has worked on both bacterial genomics and viral surveillance of outbreaks. He travelled to Guinea in West Africa and established the first mobile laboratory to perform viral ...

Telephone
0121 414 3981
Email
j.quick@bham.ac.uk

Dr Jim Reynolds

Dr Jim Reynolds

Assistant Professor in Ornithology and Animal Conservation

School of Biosciences

Dr Jim Reynolds has worked on the reproductive biology and the nutritional ecology of birds from many different and diverse orders including passerines, geese, grouse, kingfishers and terns. He has worked in North America and in mainland Europe in investigating how human activity influences food availability and the resulting changes in avian reproductive investment and life histories. He employs ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 43639
Email
j.reynolds.2@bham.ac.uk

Dr Carolina Rezaval

Dr Carolina Rezaval

Associate Professor

School of Biosciences

Our lab uses the fruit fly Drosophila to unravel the mechanisms underlying behavioural choices. By studying how the brain makes decisions at a genetic, cellular and circuit level, in an accessible experimental system, we aim to reveal fundamental principles that might be present across species.

Find out more from our website

Email
c.rezaval@bham.ac.uk

Professor Alice Roberts

Professor Alice Roberts

Professor of Public Engagement in Science

School of Biosciences

Alice Roberts is an anatomist, author and broadcaster. Her research interests focus on evolutionary anatomy, osteoarchaeology and palaeopathology. She has considerable experience in science communication: she has presented several landmark series on the BBC and written seven popular science books.

Email
roberamy@bham.ac.uk

Dr Archana Sharma-Oates

Dr Archana Sharma-Oates

Lecturer/Assistant Professor

School of Biosciences

Dr Sharma-Oates’s research interest include the influence of ethnicity on disease onset and disease severity with a focus on autoimmune inflammatory diseases.

Email
a.sharma-oates@bham.ac.uk

Dr Matthias Soller

Dr Matthias Soller

Associate Professor

School of Biosciences

My prime research interest is how the information encoded in chromosomes instructs building of the most complex organ, the brain, and allows an organism to perform elaborate tasks.

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45905
Email
m.soller@bham.ac.uk

Dr Leanne Taylor-Smith

Dr Leanne Taylor-Smith

Assistant Professor in Eukaryotic Microbiology
Head of Education School of Biosciences

School of Biosciences

Dr Taylor-Smith is a teaching focused lecturer in the school of Biosciences. She teaches on Eukaryotic microbiology, host-pathogen interactions and immunology. Her previous research has been on the host-pathogen interaction between human macrophages and the yeast Cryptococcus neoformans.

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5572
Email
l.m.taylorsmith@bham.ac.uk

Professor Chris Thomas

Professor Chris Thomas

Professor of Molecular Genetics

School of Biosciences

Chris Thomas - Research in 60 seconds videoProfessor Thomas joined the University of Birmingham in 1980 as a Lecturer in the Department of Genetics and has been Professor of Molecular Genetics since 1991. He is an internationally recognised authority on bacterial plasmid and mobile DNA and within the university has championed Biotechnology. He was also a founder of the successful Medici Programme that encourages development of ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45903
Email
c.m.thomas@bham.ac.uk

Professor Susannah Thorpe

Professor Susannah Thorpe

Professor of Zoology

School of Biosciences

Susannah Thorpe is Professor of Zoology for the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her research employs a multidisciplinary approach in primate behavioural ecology to reveal how primates interact with complex natural habitats and the environmental constraints that steer their evolution. Her career has been predominantly based on revealing core aspects of human ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45040
Email
s.k.thorpe@bham.ac.uk

Dr Michael Tomlinson

Dr Michael Tomlinson

School Communications Lead
Reader in Membrane Protein Biology

School of Biosciences

Dr Mike Tomlinson is a Reader in Membrane Protein Biology in the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham.  He is a member of the Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE), and associate member of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences.  He is Communications Lead for the School of Biosciences.  Mike’s research focuses on tetraspanin membrane proteins ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 42507
Email
m.g.tomlinson@bham.ac.uk

Dr Hung-Ji Tsai

Dr Hung-Ji Tsai

Assistant Professor

School of Biosciences

Dr Hung-Ji Tsai is interested in how aneuploidy, an unbalanced genomic state with gain or loss of chromosomes, enables rapid adaptation to diverse environment. His research focus is to understand the distinct cellular processes driven by aneuploidy (and other large-scale genome instability) during the acquisition of antifungal drug resistance.

Email
h.tsai@bham.ac.uk

Professor Mark Viant

Professor Mark Viant

Professor of Metabolomics
Director of Phenome Centre Birmingham
Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ)

School of Biosciences

60 second video iconProfessor Mark Viant’s expertise lies in the field of metabolomics. His research spans from method development in analytical chemistry and bioinformatics through to the application of metabolomics to environmental toxicology. Professor Viant is a member of the Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ).

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 42219
Email
m.viant@bham.ac.uk

Dr Ralf Weber

Dr Ralf Weber

Director of Bioinformatics, Phenome Centre Birmingham (PCB)
Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ)

School of Biosciences

Ralf Weber is the Director of Bioinformatics for the Phenome Centre Birmingham. His research team’s interests include the development and application of data processing, biostatistics and data mining tools to facilitate biochemical annotation and interpretation of clinical and toxicological metabolomics data. Dr Weber is a member of the Centre for Environmental Research and Justice ...

Telephone
+44(0)121 414 3388
Email
r.j.weber@bham.ac.uk

Dr Scott White

Dr Scott White

Reader in Structural Biology

School of Biosciences

Dr Scott White is an experienced structural biologist speciallising in the application of x-ray crystallography to the structure and function of enzymes and their substrate, inhibitor or drug-bound complexes. He is also an Academic personal tutor and the Mitigations Officer for the School of Biosciences. He is the coordinator of the UK Midland's Block Allocation Group (BAG) for the European ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 47534
Email
s.a.white@bham.ac.uk

Dr Pu Xia

Dr Pu Xia

Assistant Professor
Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ)

School of Biosciences

Dr Pu Xia is an ecotoxicologist interested in understanding and predicting the molecular mechanisms underlying the toxicity of chemicals. His research focuses on the development and application of cutting-edge system toxicology approaches, including multi-omics, artificial intelligence, and adverse outcome pathway networks, to facilitate high-throughput screening and accurate prediction of ...

Telephone
07770748713
Email
p.xia@bham.ac.uk

Dr Jiarui Zhou

Dr Jiarui Zhou

Assistant Professor in Environmental Bioinformatics
Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ)

School of Biosciences

Dr Zhou is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Bioinformatics at the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham. His research focuses on using AI/ML techniques, in particular graph machine learning, explainable artificial intelligence and network biology, to understand and predict the complex biological systems and ecosystems, with a special focus on addressing emerging challenges in ...

Email
j.zhou.3@bham.ac.uk