Research

External collaborations

The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

University of Manchester, Prof. David Denning.

JCVI, Prof. William Nierman.

Institute of Zoology, Dr Trent Garner.

Chiang Mai faculty of Medicine, Prof. Nongnuch Vanittanakom. 1 Feb 2002 -

Institute of Zoology, Dr. Andrew Cunningham. 1 Apr 2001 -

Fellowships

Zoological Society of London, Institute of Zoology. 2010 - 2013.

Wellcome Trust, Wellcome Trust Biodiversity Research Fellow. 1 Feb 2002 - 1 Feb 2005.

Zoological Society of London, Institute of Zoology Honorary Research Fellow.

Guest lectures

Session Chair 'Veterinary mycoses and emerging pandemics'. International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, Berlin. 2012.

Fungal Pathogens: from biology to drug discovery. Keystone Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. 2012.

Convenor: 'Emerging Fungal Infections'. 26th Fungal Genetics Meeting, Asilomar, CA, USA. 2011.

'Fungal Diseases: An Emerging Threat to Human, Animal and Plant Health’. US Academy of Sciences Workshop, Washington. 2011.

President: 'New and emerging fungal diseases of animals and plants'. Conference Jaques Monod, Roscoff. 2011.

Session Chair 'Disease and Extinction’. American Society Microbiology (ASM), San Diego. 2010.

Convenor: 'Fungal Pandemics'. 9th Intl. Mycological Conference, Edinburgh. 2010.

Mapping Infectious Disease. Infectious Disease Research Network, Royal Geographical Society, London. 2009.

How Lucky was Fleming?. Society for General Microbiology, Heriot Watt University. 2009.

Amphibian immunity to disease. British Mycological Society, Aberdeen. 2009.

Convenor: Chytrid and Zygomycetes. 25th Fungal Genetics Meeting, Asilomar USA. 2009.

How lucky was Fleming?. Society for General Microbiology. 2009.

Where have all the frogs gone? The global emergence and epidemiology of amphibian chytridiomycosis. University of Portsmouth. 1 Feb 2008.

Linking Spatial and Multilocus Genotype Data within Global Mapping Tools Demonstrated by the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Cryptococcus neoformans Databases. European Conference for Fungal Genetics. 1 Feb 2008.

The global emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and what this means for international research and trade in Xenopus. CRUK. 1 Feb 2008.

Mapping evolving Batrachochytrium lineages. Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar California. 1 Apr 2009.

Mapping genotypes to identify populations and invasions in emerging fungal infections. Infectious Disease Research Network. 4 Nov 2009.

From Darwin to Fleming: Ancient and Modern Patterns of Fungal Evolution. Society for General Microbiology, Heriot Watt. 12 Sep 2009.

The amphibian response to infection by amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis. British Mycological Society AGM, University of Dundee. 5 Sep 2009.

Linking Spatial and Multilocus Genotype Data within Global Mapping Tools Demonstrated by the Cryptococcus neoformans and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Databases. Infectious Disease Research Network. 10 Jul 2008.

Where have all the frogs gone? The global emergence and epidemiology of amphibian chytridiomycosis. BEPG, Cardiff. 1 Mar 2009.

How Lucky Was Fleming? A Population Genetic Analysis of Global Penicillium Chrysogenum. Society for General Microbiology. 31 Mar 2009.

Halting the global decline in amphibians. ZSL/Wildlife Conservation Society, ZSL. 1 Oct 2008.