Pool of Experts

Research Committees A-D assess responsive mode research grant applications. Each research committee has a core membership that is complemented at meetings by additional members drawn from the Pool of Experts.

Peer review

Please note that this list is constantly under review.

Members are currently appointed for one year in the first instance with a maximum service of three years or six meeting attendances (whichever occurs first).

Anyone interested in serving on the pool will need to apply through our online application system. To see if there is a call open, visit our Committee and Pool membership page.

Contact for all committees

Email: ctteedpm@bbsrc.ukri.org.

List of Pool of Experts members

Members are listed below by surname.

A

Dr Peter Alexander University of Edinburgh
Professor Christopher Allen Queen’s University of Belfast
Dr Marc Amoyel University College London
Dr Aida Andres University College London
Dr Mattew Apps University of Birmingham
Dr Claudio Avignone Rossa University of Surrey
Professor Matthew Avison University of Bristol

B

Dr Jaume Bacardit Newcastle University
Dr Paul Badenhorst University of Birmingham
Professor Jurg Bahler University College London
Dr Paulo Baptista Ribeiro Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Stephen Barnes Independent
Professor Geoffrey Barton University of Dundee
Professor George Bassel University of Warwick
Dr Joseph Bateman King’s College London
Professor Christopher Bayliss University of Leicester
Professor David Bechtold The University of Manchester
Dr Shahriar Behboudi The Pirbright Institute
Dr Tom Bennett University of Leeds
Dr Dany Beste University of Surrey
Professor Sven Bestmann University College London
Dr Apoorva Bhatt University of Birmingham
Professor Philip Biggin University of Oxford
Professor Damer Blake Royal Veterinary College
Professor Sarah Blott University of Nottingham
Dr Ed Bolt University of Nottingham
Dr Camille Bonneaud University of Exeter
Dr Amanda Bretman University of Leeds
Professor James Brewer University of Glasgow
Dr Sharon Brookes Animal and Plant Health Agency
Professor Toby Bruce Keele University
Professor Angus Buckling University of Exeter
Dr Natalia Bulgakova University of Sheffield
Dr Sara Buonomo University of Edinburgh
Dr Karl Burgess University of Glasgow
Professor Juan Burrone King’s College London

C

Dr Nicola Cannon Royal Agricultural University
Professor Roxana Carare University of Southampton
Dr Elizabete Carmo-Silva Lancaster University
Professor John Carr University of Cambridge
Dr Mark Chapman University of Southampton
Dr Leonid Chindelevitch Imperial College London
Professor David Clayton Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Jane Cleal University of Southampton
Professor Claudia Clopath Imperial College London
Professor Steven Cobb Durham University
Dr Julia Cordero University of Glasgow
Dr Lisa Crossman University of East Anglia
Dr Colin Crump University of Cambridge

D

Dr Alistair Darby University of Liverpool
Professor Franciska de Vries University of Amsterdam
Dr Hai Deng University of Aberdeen
Professor Richard Dewhurst Scotland’s Rural College
Dr Vanessa Diaz University College London
Dr Marc Dionne Imperial College London
Dr Stuart Dowall Public Health England
Dr Paul Dudchenko University of Stirling
Dr Stephanie Duguez Ulster University
Dr Elizabeth Duncan University of Leeds
Professor Warwick Dunn University of Liverpool

E

Professor Stephen Euston Heriot-Watt University
Dr Sebastian Eves-van den Akker University of Cambridge
Dr Rob Ewing University of Southampton
Professor Patrick Eyers University of Liverpool

F

Professor Katie Field University of Sheffield
Dr Robert Finn European Bioinformatics Institute
Professor Ross Fitzgerald University of Edinburgh
Professor Dianne Ford Northumbria University
Dr Michelle Fountain National Institute of Agricultural Botany/East Malling Research
Professor Lynn Frewer Newcastle University
Dr Gilbert Fruhwirth King’s College London
Professor Andre Furger University of Oxford

G

Dr Patrick Gallois The University of Manchester
Dr Aga Gambus University of Birmingham
Dr Andrew Gates University of East Anglia
Dr Julie Gibbs The University of Manchester
Dr Konstantinos Gkatzionis University of Birmingham
Dr Alan Goddard Aston University
Professor Adrian Goldman University of Leeds and University of Helsinki (Finland)
Professor Alastair Goldman University of Bradford
Dr Benjamin Goult University of Kent
Dr Campbell Gourlay University of Kent
Professor David Grainger University of Birmingham
Dr Andrew Grant University of Cambridge
Professor Jose Gutierrez-Marcos University of Warwick

H

Professor Anthony Hall Earlham Institute
Professor Jason Hallett Imperial College London
Professor John Hammond University of Reading
Professor Natalie Hempel de Ibarra University of Exeter
Professor Ricardo Henriques University College London
Dr Kathryn Hentges The University of Manchester
Dr James Hodge University of Bristol
Dr Emma Hodson-Tole Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor Michael Holdsworth University of Nottingham
Dr Jonathan Houseley Babraham Institute
Professor Mark Howarth University of Oxford
Dr Robert Hynds University College London

I

Dr Rivka Isaacson King’s College London

J

Dr Andrew Jackson University of Liverpool
Dr Richard Jenner University College London
Professor Donald Jones University of Leicester
Professor Huw Jones Aberystwyth University
Dr Matt Jones University of Glasgow

K

Dr Konstantin Kanyuka Rothamsted Research
Professor Achillefs Kapanidis University of Oxford
Professor Eamonn Kelly University of Bristol
Professor Steven Kelly University of Oxford
Professor Stefan Kepinski University of Leeds
Dr Alastair Kerr Cancer Research UK
Dr Paul Kersey Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Dr Robin Ketteler University College London
Dr Daniel Kindred RSK ADAS Ltd
Professor Robert Kingsley Quadram Institute
Dr Chris Knight The University of Manchester
Dr Viktor Korolchuk Newcastle University
Professor Zoe Kourtzi University of Cambridge

L

Dr Richard Legget Earlham Institute
Dr Nicholas Lesica University College London
Professor David Leys The University of Manchester
Professor Petros Ligoxygakis University of Oxford
Dr Andrew Lin University of Sheffield
Dr James Locke University of Cambridge
Professor Matthew Loose University of Nottingham
Dr Andrew Lovering University of Birmingham
Professor Sarah Lummis University of Cambridge

M

Professor Daniel Macqueen University of Edinburgh
Dr Vicky MacRae University of Edinburgh
Dr Rahuma Malik Sheriff European Bioinformatics Institute
Dr Jacob Malone John Innes Centre
Dr Lucia Marucci University of Bristol and Bristol Centre for Synthetic Biology
Dr Juan Mata University of Cambridge
Dr Alison Mather Quadram Institute
Professor Alistair Mathie University of Kent
Professor Steve McGrath Rothamsted Research
Professor Alistair McGregor Oxford Brookes University
Professor Jane Mellor University of Oxford
Professor Michael Mendl University of Bristol
Dr Michael Mielewczik Agroscope
Professor Tom Misselbrook Rothamsted Research
Professor Elek Molnar University of Bristol
Professor Mathilda Mommersteeg University of Oxford
Dr Maria Montoya Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas
Professor Kenton Morgan University of Liverpool and RygbiINNOVATION.cyf
Professor Richard Mott University University College London
Dr Patrick Moynihan University of Birmingham
Dr Erik Murchie University of Nottingham
Professor David Murphy University of Bristol
Dr John Murray Murray Biosciences Ltd

N

Dr Darren Nesbeth University College London
Professor Simon Newstead University of Oxford
Professor Anna Nicolaou The University of Manchester
Professor Conrad Nieduszynski Earlham Institute
Professor Matthew Nolan University of Edinburgh

O

Dr Cahir O’Kane University of Cambridge
Dr Peter Oliver University of Oxford
Professor Sebastian Oltean University of Exeter
Dr Thomas Otto University of St Andrews

P

Dr Robert Pal Durham University
Dr Matthew Parker University of Portsmouth
Professor Sandip Patel University College London
Dr Ivan Pavlov University College London
Dr Andrew Peden University of Sheffield
Professor Neil Pendleton The University of Manchester
Dr Marion Pfeifer Newcastle University
Dr Vitor Pinheiro University College London and Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Jon Pittman The University of Manchester
Professor Tommaso Pizzari University of Oxford
Professor Tony Pridmore University of Nottingham
Professor Andreas Prokop The University of Manchester
Dr Androniki Psifidi Royal Veterinary College

R

Dr Paul Race University of Bristol
Professor Vardhman Rakyan Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Charalampos Rallis University of Essex
Dr Eamonn Reading King’s College London
Professor Johannes Reul University of Bristol
Professor Nigel Richards Cardiff University
Professor Daniel Rigden University of Liverpool
Professor Sonia Rocha University of Liverpool
Dr Henry Roehl University of Sheffield
Professor Tiina Roose University of Southampton
Professor Mariana Rufino Lancaster University

S

Professor Alberto Sanz Montero Glasgow University
Dr Ritwick Sawarkar University of Cambridge
Dr Thomas Schalch University of Leicester
Professor Jason Schnell University of Oxford
Dr Steffen Scholpp University of Exeter
Dr Ryan Seipke University of Leeds
Dr Andrea Serio King’s College London and The Francis Crick Institute
Dr Julia Sigwart Queen’s University Belfast
Professor Jon Simons University of Cambridge
Dr Ian Simpson University of Edinburgh
Dr Cathy Slack Aston University
Dr Mattias Soller University of Birmingham
Professor Daniel St Johnston University of Cambridge
Dr Graham Stafford University of Sheffield

T

Professor Stephen Tait University of Glasgow
Professor Edward Tate Imperial College London
Professor Konstantinos Thalassinos University College London
Dr Katerina Theodoridou Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Vijay Tiwari Queen’s University of Belfast
Professor Alex Tonks Cardiff University
Professor Matthias Trost Newcastle University
Dr Jennifer Tullet University of Kent
Dr Simon Turner Scotland’s Rural College
Professor Patric Turowski University College London

U

Professor Cristobal Uauy John Innes Centre

V

Dr Charles Veys FOTENIX
Dr Juan Antonio Vizcaino European Bioinformatics Institute
Dr Vladyslav Vyazovskiy University of Oxford

W

Professor Bonnie Wallace Birkbeck College
Dr Mark Wass University of Kent
Professor Alex Webb University of Cambridge
Dr Lucy Weinert University of Cambridge
Dr Julie Welburn University of Edinburgh
Dr Stuart Wigby University of Liverpool
Dr Herman Wijnen University of Southampton
Dr Thomas Wilkinson Swansea University
Professor Stuart Wilson University of Sheffield
Professor Clive Wilson University of Oxford
Professor Christoph Wuelfing University of Bristol
Dr Yannick Wurm Queen Mary, University of London

Z

Dr Nicolae Zabet Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Kai Zeng University of Sheffield
Dr Dongda Zhang The University of Manchester
Dr Runxuan Zhang The James Hutton Institute

Last updated: 31 May 2022