Natural Materials Group Lunchtime Seminars: Focus on Biomining for Innovation

Dirk De Ketelaere

Senior Researcher, IRMCo - Integrated Resources Management Company Ltd.

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Professor David Barrie Johnson

Research Professor , Bangor & Coventry Universities

Occupations/Positions:

• Research Professor at Bangor & Coventry Universities, UK
• Scientific Associate: Natural History Museum, London, UK

 

Other Positions Held:

• Honorary Professor, Exeter University, U.K. (2008-2013)
• Honorary Professor, Central South University, Changsha, China (2008-2013)            

 

Academic career (Bangor University):

• 1977 ‑ 1979: Demonstrator in Soil Science.
• 1979 ‑ 1994: Lecturer in Soil Science & Environmental Microbiology.
• 1994 ‑ 2004: Senior Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology
• 2004-2008: Reader in Environmental Biotechnology
• 2008 – present: Professor: Environmental Biotechnology

 

These appointments have all been at the University of Wales, Bangor (later renamed Bangor University).

Research Fellowships:

1. 1989: Research Fellowship, awarded by the U.S. Bureau of Mines/U.S. Department of Energy.
2. 1993; Research Fellowship, awarded by the Associated Western Universities/U.S. Depart­ment of Energy.

Professor Charles Cockell

Professor of Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh

1986-1989                    BSc, Bristol University, Biochemistry

1990-1994                    DPhil, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, Molecular Biophysics

1995-1997                    National Academy of Sciences Associateship, NASA Ames Research Center, California, Exobiology

1997-1998                    Visiting Scholarship, Dept. of Biology, Stanford University

1998-1999                    Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona

2000-2005                    Research Scientist, British Antarctic Survey, Microbiology

2005-2011                    Professor of Geomicrobiology, Open University

2011-                           Professor of Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh

 

My research group is interested in astrobiology and microbiology. Our particular research focus lies in the study of life in extreme environments, understanding the diversity, processes and biosignatures of life in extremes, and the potential habitability of extraterrestrial environments.