William Wisden - Curriculum Vitae#
Present Posts
- Feb 2009 - Chair of Molecular Neuroscience, Imperial College London.
- Feb 2019 - Affiliate - Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London
Prior Appointments
- 2005 - 2009 Professor & Chair of Neuroscience, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
- 2001 - 2005 Group Leader, IZN, University of Heidelberg, Germany
- 1993 - 2001 Group Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
Education and Post-doctoral Research Training
Education
- 1976 - 1982 King’s Manor Comprehensive School, Shoreham-By-Sea, UK
- 1982 - 1983 Laboratory technician, Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Worthing, UK
- 1983 - 1986 BA, Class I, Zoology, Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
- 1986 - 1989 PhD, University of Cambridge & MRC Molecular Neurobiology Unit Cambridge
Post-doctoral Research
- 1990 - 1992 EMBO Long-term Fellowship, ZMBH, University of Heidelberg
Selected Recent Committee Service
- 2009 - 2011 Welcome Trust Neuroscience & Mental Health Committee
- 2012 - 2016 MRC Neurosciences & Mental Health Board. Deputy Chair for last two meetings
- 2015 MRC Harwell, QQR committee, MRC Molecular and Cellular Medicine Board
- 2014 - 2019 ,Co-Director, Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London
- 2012 - present Advisory Board, Spemann Graduate School of Biology & Medicine, Freiburg
- 2018 - present Scientific Advisory Board, MRC Toxicology Unit, Universities of Leicester & Cambridge
- 2019 EPSRC Physics of Life Panel
- 2019 - present Sir Henry Dale Fellowship Interview Committee (Royal Society & Welcome Trust)
Awards
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (elected April 2014)
