Kenneth Nigel Timmis

Background

Timmis, Kenneth Nigel was born on February 16, 1946.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Microbiology Class I with honors, Bristol University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Bacteriology, Bristol University, 1971.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, 1970—1972. Postdoctoral fellow department molecular biophysics and biochemistry Yale University, New Haven, 1972—1973. Research associate department medicine Stanford University, California, 1973—1976.

Head plasmid group Max-Planck Institute Molecular Genetics, W. Berlin, Germany, 1976—1981. Professor department medical biochemistry University Geneva, 1981—1988. Professor department microbiology Technology University Braunschweig, Germany, since 1988.

Director division microbiology National Research Center Biotechnology, since 1988. Professor department biological science University Essex, Colchester, England, since 1999. Member science advisory board Forum Mikrobiologie, 1987—1990.

Achievements

• Kenneth Nigel Timmis has been listed as a noteworthy biologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of European Molecular Biology Organization, European Environmental Research Organization (founder and chairman 1987), American Academy Microbiology (fellow).