Fellow 1987-1995

Research Interests
Chemistry of signal transduction and calcium signalling pathways involving IP₃, cADPR and NAADP. Using a variety of synthetic, medicinal and biological chemistry methods to investigate enzyme inhibition, drug design and endocrinology, primarily in oncology.

Other Information
Appointed Lister Institute Research Professor of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Bath from 1.10.90, the Chair to continue in the Institute’s name until 30.9.95
Head of Medicinal Chemistry from 1990
Member of BBSRC Committee on Intracellular Signalling Programme, 1992-1996
Awarded DSc, University of Oxford, 1.2.93
Member of EPSRC Synthetic & Biological Chemistry College, 1995-1997
Professor of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry, 1995
Elected a Member of the Institute, 1996
Member of the RAE panel for Pharmacy, 200l
Non-Executive Director, Sterix Limited (2004-2009)
Member of the RAE2008 HEFCE Pharmacy Panel
Appointed visiting Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Oxford (2006-2014)
Appointed to Wellcome Trust “Molecules Genes and Cells” Funding Panel (2006-2011)
Royal Society of Chemistry George & Christine Sosnovsky Prize in Cancer Therapy (2007/8)
RSC George & Christine Sosnovsky Endowed Lecturer 2007/8
Royal Society of Chemistry 2007 UCB-Celltech Industrially Sponsored Award & Medal in Chemical Biology
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2008
Elected Fellow of the Institute of Directors, 2008
Elected Fellow of the Institute of Biology, Chartered Biologist, 2008
Member of Sectional Committee 1, Academy of Medical Sciences, 2008-2011
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, 2009
Appointed to the HEFCE Research Excellence Framework (REF) Expert Panel, 2009
Associate Editor, Journal of Steroid Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 2009
Incorporated into “H-index ranking of living chemists” listing, 2009
Elected to Academia Europaea, 2009
GlaxoSmithKline International Achievement Award, 2009
Editor Biochemical Journal BJChemBio 2009-2016
Awarded Royal Society of Chemistry Biological & Medicinal Chemistry Section Malcolm Campbell Memorial Prize & Medal
Awarded Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Prize & Medal, 2010 with an Endowed Lectureship for 2010
RSC Interdisciplinary Prize Endowed Lecturer, 2010-2011
Chairman, Medical Biopharma International Grant Review Panel, Danish Council for Independent Research, 2011
Member, International Advisory Board, Institute of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, 2011-present
European Life Sciences Awards “Investigator of the Year”, 2012
Wellcome Trust Peer Review College, 2012-2015
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator, 2013
Appointed to International Advisory Board ChemMedChem 2014-2017
IUPAC Advisory Board Member, Successful Drug Discovery, Vols 1-3, 2014-2018
Royal Society of Chemistry, Biological & Medicinal Chemistry Section, Endowed Lectureship in Medicinal Chemistry 2015/2016
Appointed Professor of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, 2015
Appointed Visiting Professor of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry, University of Bath, 2015-2018 (Now extended to 2024)
Elected Special Supernumerary Fellow of University College, Oxford, 2016
Appointed to Lister Institute Scientific Advisory Committee, 2017
Awarded Tu Youyou Award for Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology related to Natural Product Chemistry, 2018
Member of the College of Experts, European Science Foundation, 2018-2021
Awarded D.Sc degree honoris causa by the University of Bath, 2020
Elected to Honorary Fellowship of the British Pharmacological Society (Hon FBPhS) 2022
Emeritus Professor of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry, University of Oxford 2022