David Seymour Latchman Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a British geneticist and university administrator.
Education
Professor Latchman was educated at The Haberdashers" Aske"s Boys" School and received his doctorate from University of Cambridge before undertaking postdoctoral research at Imperial College London and in the Department of Biology at University College London.
Career
Since 2003 he has been Master of Birkbeck, University of London, and Professor of Genetics at Birkbeck and University College London. He worked in the Medical Molecular Biology Unit at University College London, and Middlesex School of Medicine. He has been Professor of Molecular Pathology and Director of the Windeyer Institute of Medical Science at University College London and was Dean of the Institute for Child Health (1999–2002).
He serves on a number of Committees including London Development Agency (observer status).
Universities United Kingdom Research Policy Network. Confederation of British Industry (China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations) London Council.
National deoxyribonucleic acid Database Ethics Group. London First Board member.
As Master of Birkbeck, he has voiced protest at United Kingdom government proposals to cut funding for second degrees.
Professor Latchman was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Birthday Honours for services to higher education.