Academic Staff
The Academic Staff of the Section of Biomolecular Medicine are:
Professor Elaine Holmes
Professor of Chemical Biology (Head of Section)
Professor Jeremy Nicholson
Professor of Biological Chemistry (Head of Department of Surgery and Cancer, and research lead in the NHS Clinical Programme Group)
Professor Nigel Gooderham
Professor of Molecular Toxicology (Deputy Head of Section, non-clinical Dean of Medicine)
Professor Naomi Chayen
Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Professor John C Lindon
Professor of Chemistry and Senior Research Investigator
Professor Robert Smith
Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology and Senior Research Fellow
Dr Timothy Ebbels
Senior Lecturer in Computational Bioinformatics
Dr Jake Bundy
Lecturer in Biological Chemistry
Dr Hector Keun
Lecturer in Biological Chemistry
Dr Elizabeth Want
Waters Lecturer in Molecular Spectroscopy
Dr Muireann Coen
Lecturer in Biochemical Toxicology and MRC Fellow
Dr Marc E. Dumas
Lecturer in Systems Biomedicine
Dr Toby Athersuch
MRC Lecturer in Environmental Toxicology & Biomarkers
Dr James Kinross
Lecturer in Surgical Metabonomics
Dr Olaf Beckonert
Biomolecular Spectroscopy Facility Manager
Visiting Academics:
- Professor David Davies
- Professor John M. Squire
Honorary Professor of Biophysics - Professor Ian Wilson
Honorary Professor of Chemistry - Professor Robert Plumb
Honorary Professor of Analytical Chemistry - Dr Emmanuel Saridakis
Honorary Research Fellow - Professor Jeremy R Everett
Honorary Professor of Chemistry - Professor Patrice Cani
Honorary Professor of Microbiology - Professor Sunil Kochhar
Honorary Professor Metabolic Chemistry - Professor Geoff Hawkes
Honorary Professor of Metabolic Spectroscopy


