Nigel Temperton | Professor
University of Kent

Nigel obtained his BSc (Hons) in Microbiology and Genetics from University College London (UCL) in 1990 and an MSc in Applied Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases (1992), PhD in Molecular Parasitology (1999) and DLSHTM (2000) from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). After his PhD, Nigel returned to UCL as a post-doctoral scientist at the Centre for Virology (Royal Free Campus). In 2003 Nigel transferred to the MRC/UCL Centre for Medical Molecular Virology as a senior post-doctoral scientist and subsequently progressed to Principal Investigator, funded by the MRC and industry (Ablynx). Nigel is a Reader in Molecular Virology at the Medway School of Pharmacy. His other current positions include Honorary Senior Lecturer (UCL), External examiner (BSc) for Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute, Chair of Scientific Advisory Board for the EU/Czech project FIT (immunology, pharmacology, nanotoxicology), and scientific advisor for the SMEs VisMederi (Siena, Italy) and DIOSynVax (Cambridge, UK). Nigel is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), Senior Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), Member of the International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Virus Diseases (ISIRV), the Microbiology Society and the European Society for Virology (ESV). In 2009 Nigel was elected as a member of the highly prestigious Medical Research Club, London. He is also active in Scholarly communication delivering training for online research platforms at Kent, and acting as a Figshare ambassador.