Background
Gale, Michael Denis was born on August 25, 1943 in Wolverhampton, England. Son of Sidney Ralph and Helen Mary (Johnson) Gale.
Gale, Michael Denis was born on August 25, 1943 in Wolverhampton, England. Son of Sidney Ralph and Helen Mary (Johnson) Gale.
He studied at West Buckland School, Birmingham University, and Aberystwyth University with Hubert Rees.
Science officer to principal science officer, Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, England, 1968-1984;
unified grade 6 individual merit, Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, England, 1985-1988;
head cereals research department, Cambridge Laboratory, Norwich, 1988-1992;
head laboratory, Cambridge Laboratory, Norwich, 1992-1994;
associate research director, John Innes Center, Norwich, since 1994. Member science advisory board Official development assistance, Plant Science Research Program, Bangor. Member science advisory board rice biotechnology program Rockefeller Foundation, New York City.
Honorary research professor Chinese Academy Agricultural Science, 1992. Advisor to Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering State Key Laboratory, Beijing, 1992. Member academic committee Ministerial Key Laboratory Crop Germoplasm Resources and Biotechnology, 1996.
Fellow Royal Society Great Britain (Rank prize Nutrition Fund 1997, Darwin medal 1998). Member Genetics Society Great Britain.
Married Susan Heathcote Rosbotham. Children: Hazel Michelle, Tess Elizabeth.