BSc (Hons), Biological Sciences, University of Leicester, 1975
PhD in Plant Physiology, University of Leicester, 1979 (Supervisors: Prof H.E. Street & Dr W. Cockburn)
Career
Science Research Council Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge (with Prof. D.H. Northcote, FRS) [1978-79].
Royal Society Rosenheim Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge (with Prof. D.H. Northcote, FRS) [1979-81].
Royal Society Rosenheim Research Fellow, Food Science Institute, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich (with Prof. H. Neukom) [1982].
Senior Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado (with Prof. P. Albersheim) [1982-83].
Lecturer in Plant Biochemistry, University of Edinburgh [1983-89].
Reader in Plant Biochemistry, University of Edinburgh [1989-95].
Professor of Plant Biochemistry, The University of Edinburgh [1995-2023].
Professor Emeritus, The University of Edinburgh [2024-present].