Current job position
Professor of Microbial Physiology and Biochemistry in the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham, UK
Major scientific experiences and interests
Regulation of anaerobic bacterial metabolism; nitrate and nitrite reduction to ammonia; bacterial electron transfer pathways. Nitrate and nitrite transport. Pathogenicity of bacteria, especially gonococci, mycobacteria and Campylobacter.
Major other affiliations
>> Deputy Editor in Chief, FEMS Microbiology Letters
>> Member of the Society for General Microbiology and American Society for Microbiology
>> Secretary, British Coordinating Committee for Biotechnology
Position: Vice President, Chairman EFB Section on Microbial Physiology