Background
Duffus, John Henderson was born in Holywood, Northern Ireland.
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John Henderson Duffus
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Education
Bachelor of Science with honors, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1965. Doctor of Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 1981.
Career
Research assistant Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 1962-1965, lecturer, 1970-1981, senior lecturer, 1981-1997. Research fellow University Warwick, Coventry, England, 1965-1967, University Edinburgh, 1967-1970. Director The Edinburgh Center for Toxicology, since 1989.
Honorary fellow University Edinburgh, 1997—2004. Adjunct professor Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, since 2004. Consultant, advisor World Health Organization, Copenhagen and Geneva, since 1980, European Commission, Luxembourg, 1983-1995.
Member United Kingdom Department Environmental Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances, London, 1991-1999. Titular member International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry Commission on Toxicology, 1991-2001, chair, 1998-2001. Member United Kingdom Biocides Consultative Committee, 2001-2007.
Titular member committee teaching chemistry International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1999-2001, chair subcommittee on toxicology, 2002^, titular member Divisn. VII Chemistry and Human Health committee.
Membership
Fellow Royal Society Chemistry (environmental health and safety committee since 1993). Member British Toxicology Society, Institute Biology, United Kingdom Environmental Mutagenicity Society, Bio-chemical Society, British Occupational Hygiene Society, American Conference Government Industrial Hygienists, United States Society Toxicology.
Connections
Married Carol Margaret Thompson, December 19, 1967. Children: Anna, Victoria.
