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educator microbiologist researcher

Brian Geoffrey Spratt, British microbiologist, educator, researcher. Achievements include research on mechanisms of action and mechanisms of resistance to antibiotics, bacterial population genetics, molecular epidemiology and the evolution of bacterial pathogens. Recipient Fleming award Society General Microbiology, 1982, Hoechst-Roussel award American Society Microbiology, 1993.

Background

Spratt, Brian Geoffrey was born on March 21, 1947 in Margate, Kent, England. Son of Clarence Albert and Marjory Alice (Jeffreys) Spratt.

Education

Bachelor of Science, London University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, London University, 1972.

Career

Research associate Princeton University, New Jersey, 1973-1975. Research fellow Leicester University, England, 1975-1980. Lecturer Sussex University, Brighton, England, 1980-1987, reader, 1987-1989, professor, 1990-1997.

Principal research fellow Wellcome Trust, England, since 1989. Professor Wellcome Center Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Oxford University, England, 1997-2001. Professor, head department infectious disease epidemiology Imperial College, London, since 2001.

Honorary professor London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Achievements

  • Brian Geoffrey Spratt has been listed as a noteworthy microbiologist, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American Academy Microbiology, Academy Medical Science (London), Royal Society London (Leeuwenhoek award 2003).

Connections

Married Jennifer Broome-Smith (divorced). 1 child, Timothy Peter. Married Jiaji Zhou; 1 child, Henry Jestyn.

Father:
Clarence Albert Spratt

Mother:
Marjory Alice (Jeffreys) Spratt

Spouse:
Jennifer Broome-Smith

Spouse:
Jiaji Zhou

child:
Henry Jestyn Spratt

child:
Timothy Peter Spratt