Prof. Michael James C. Crabbe

Wolfson College

University of Oxford, UK

Fellow and Senior Research Associate

University of Bedfordshire, UK

Full Professor

Email: james.crabbe@beds.ac.uk

Qualifications

1990 D.Sc., University of Manchester, UK

1974 Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, University of Manchester, UK

1971 B.Sc., Department of Biochemistry, University of Hull, UK

Biography

M. James C. Crabbe is a Fellow (since 1979) & Senior Research Associate of Wolfson College, Oxford University and a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Bedfordshire. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Reading and at Beijing Normal University. His research has resulted in over 150 research publications in refereed journals, 51 books, book chapters and articles in books, 14 items of commercial software, and numerous invitations as Plenary or Keynote speaker at international conferences.

Prof. Crabbe is a founding Editor-in-Chief of Computational Biology and Chemistry (Elsevier). In 2005-2007, he was an Expert Reviewer for the forth assessment report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nation. In 2006, he won the 6th Aviva/Earthwatch International Award for Climate Change Research. Prof. Cabbe is a member of the Peer Review College and Panel member of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Scientific Advisor to the Earthwatch Institute, Patron of Coral Cay Conservation, Fellow of the Council of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology. He has served on the Peer Review College of the EPSRC, the College of Experts of the MRC, and the Pool of Experts of the BBSRC.

Research Interest

Climate change and ecology. Adaptation and Evolution in Extreme Environments, Public Understanding