Education
University of Cambridge. University of Aberdeen.
University of Cambridge. University of Aberdeen.
His primary areas of research are the systematics and ecology of venomous snakes and the evolution of their venoms. He has written almost 100 scientific papers on varying herpetological subjects and was the scientific editor for The Herpetological Journal (2002–2009), the scientific publication of the British Herpetological Society. He routinely does field research in locales the world over, and has worked with other renowned herpetologists such as Doctor Bryan Grieg Fry of the Australian Venom Research Unit and the late Doctor Joe Slowinski.
His research has led to a major reorganization of cobra taxonomy.