Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, UK.

Current positions: Professor of veterinary microbiology and pathology, Head of the Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, University of Surrey (2014-present). Deputy Head of the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey (2019-present).
Previous Positions:
Director of the Surrey Veterinary Pathology Centre – (2014-2019).
Professor of veterinary microbiology and pathology, Associate Dean (Veterinary Strategy) University of Surrey (2010-2014).
Head of pathogenesis and control group, APHA, Defra (2005-2015).
Senior lecturer in veterinary microbiology, University of Surrey (April 2009 – 2010).
Senior scientist Department of bacterial diseases, VLA, Weybridge (2001-2005).
Post-doctoral researcher – Royal Holloway, University of London (1999-2001).
Higher Education:
2002-2010 Royal College of pathologists FRCPath (veterinary pathology)
1996-1999 Royal Holloway, University of London (PhD, bacterial pathogenesis)
1995-1996 Royal Veterinary College, University of London (MSc, veterinary microbiology)
1992-1995 University of East London (BSc Hons 2.1, zoology)
Membership of Professional bodies: Fellow of the Royal society of Biology (FRSB CBiol), Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science (FIBMS), Chartered Scientist (CSci), Member of the society of General Microbiology, The Society for Applied Microbiology, Member of the British Society of Parasitology, Member of the Universities Federation for animal Welfare, Member of the British society of toxicological pathologists, Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath), Associate of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology (AECVM). Honorary Associateship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Specialist area: Veterinary microbiology and pathology. High throughput genotyping and
phenotyping of zoonotic pathogens to study host-microbe interactions, AMR and interventions.
Animal models for studying the pathogenesis and control of zoonotic pathogens. Rapid diagnostics
and vaccines. Cellular and comparative pathology, EM, Confocal and whole animal imaging.
Research funding: Principal investigator (PI) - £6.4 million, Co-investigator (CI) - £8.6 million.
Academic activities: Professor of veterinary microbiology and pathology at the University of
Surrey, visiting lecturer in microbiology at Royal Holloway and ad hoc lecturing at the RVC,
LSHTM. BSc veterinary biosciences course director and MSc Vet Micro course director at UoS
University of Surrey. External examiner, University of Liverpool Vet Sch. Committee member.
(past Chair) of the Royal Society of Biology (BEH branch). Member of the UoS ethics committees
in addition to several safety committees. Editor for JMM, RVSC and Vet. Micro. Reviewer for the
BBSRC, UKRI, Defra, MRC and EU. I am the past president of the Med-Vet-Net association and
Veterinary Research club. I am an experienced PhD, MSc and BSc supervisor. A member of the
University Global Partnership Network, (UGPN), the Houghton charitable Trust, Chair of the
Humanimal Trust and the Chair of the Vet Path SAC for the RCPath.