Background
Walker, John Ernest was born on January 7, 1941 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Son of Thomas Ernest and Elsie (Lawton) Walker.
researcher molecular biologist
Walker, John Ernest was born on January 7, 1941 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Son of Thomas Ernest and Elsie (Lawton) Walker.
Bachelor in Chemistry, St. Catherine’s College, University Oxford, 1964. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, St. Catherine’s College, University Oxford, 1969. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Buenos Aires, 1998.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Huddersfield, 1998. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Oxford, 1999. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, 1999.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Groningen University, 1999. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Leeds, 1999. Doctor of Science (honorary), University London, 2002.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Sussex, 2003. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Liverpool, 2004. Doctor of Science (honorary), University East Anglia, Norwich, 2006.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Moscow State University, 2007.
Postdoctoral fellow University Wisconsin, Madison, 1969—1971. North Atlantic Treaty Organization research fellow French National Center for Science Research (National Center for Scientific Research), Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 1971—1972. European Molecular Biology Organization research fellow Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1972—1974.
Science staff member, Molecular Biology Laboratory Medical Research Council, Cambridge, England, 1974—1982, senior scientist laboratory molecular biology, 1982—1998, director Mitochondrial Biology Unit (formerly Dunn Human Nutrition Unit), since 1998. Honorary professor Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, since 2001.
Fellow: Royal Society, Academy Medical Sciences London (founding fellow), Society Biology London (honorary). Member: National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate), Academia Europaea, European Molecular Biology Organization, Royal Netherlands Academy Arts & Sciences (foreign).
Married Christina Jane Westcott, 1963. Children: Esther, Miriam.