External academic activities
1984 - present
74 PhD Examinerships: Universities of Oslo (N), Toulouse (F), New England (AUS), Victoria (AUS)x2, Southern Queensland (AUS), Witwatersrand (SA)x2, Saskatchewan (CAN), Stellenbosch (SA), Dublin (I), Danish Technical University (DK)x4, Swedish Agricultural University, Uppsala (S)x4, Ballarat University (AUS), University of New South Wales (AUS), University of the West Indies (Jamaica), Delft University of Technology (NL), Heriot-Watt (UK)x9, Aberdeen (UK)x3, Abertay (UK)x15, Strathclyde (UK)x6, Nottingham (UK)x8, also MRes x2), Bath (UK), Edinburgh Napier (UK), University College London (UK), National University of Ireland (I), Oxford-Brookes University (UK)x3, St Andrews University (UK), University of the Highlands & Islands (UK)
1989 - 1991
MSc Examiner, National University of Ireland
1988 - 1990
SCOTVEC Biotechnology Examiner
1995 – 2000
External Verifier, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen (Applied Sciences)
2004
Chair, Scottish Qualifications Agency (HND Biotechnology)
2005
Expert Evaluator, European Commission, Brussels (FP6 proposals)
2000-present
Expert Reviewer (Professoriate Appointments), Universities of Parma, Italy,
(2000), Southern Queensland, Australia (2006)), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden (2009), Heriot-Watt University (2012)
2004-present
BioDundee Steering Group committee member
2006-2011
External Examiner, Napier University (School of Life Sciences)
2006-present
Committee member, British Science Association [Tayside & Fife Branch]
1988 - present
Research Grant Referee/Expert Evaluator for:
NERC and BBSRC (UK), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), South African National Research Foundation, Australian Research Council Office of Science & Technology, Slovenian Ministry of Education & Science, Australian Research Council College of Experts, National Science Fund of Bulgaria, Danish Council for Strategic Research, Industrial Research Fund (K.U. Leuven, Belgium), Latvian Council of Sciences
2009-present
Scientific Committee member of Polish Fermentation School
2010-present
Scientific Director of Ethanol Technology Institute
Scientific Advisory Board member BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (Nottingham University)
2011
External MSc Validator University of Ulster, Coleraine, N Ireland
External Research Assessor, Heriot-Watt University
2011-present
Accredited Trainer for Institute of Brewing & Distilling
2013 -present
External Examiner, BSc and MSc Brewing & Distilling, Heriot-Watt University
Awards/Honours
1978 – 1980
Royal Society/NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship, Copenhagen
1982
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship
2000
Molson 2000 Lecturer, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
2008 & 2009
Royal Society of Chemistry plenary speaker at International biofuels symposia: San Juan, Puerto Rico (2008) and IUPAC, Glasgow (2009)
2009
Elected Fellow of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling (FIBD)
2010
Elected UK Commissioner for International Commission on Yeasts and Yeast-like Organisms of the International Union of Microbiological Societies
Non-Academic (sporting) awards: Winner’s medals: for Nordic Cup (Denmark 1980: rugby); Methven’s League champions (New Zealand 1982: football); Civil Service League champions (Ireland 1985: football); Abertay University Champion (Dundee 2002 and Tayport 2010: golf); BioDundee winner (St Andrews 2009: golf); Edinburgh Festival (2013: stand-up comedian)
Refereeships/Editorial work
1988 - present
Journal Referee for:
Journal of General Microbiology, Process Biochemistry, Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Enzyme & Microbial Technology, Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, Biotechnology Progress, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, FEMS Letters, FEMS Yeast Research, European Journal of Biochemistry, Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists, World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, Biological Trace Element Research, Journal of Industrial Microbiology, International Journal of Food Microbiology, Mycological Research, Microbiology (UK), Microbiology Today, Process Biochemistry, Journal of Applied & Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Biotechnology, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, International Journal of Wine Research, Free Radical Biology & Medicine, Magnesium Research, Mycological Research, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Animal Feed Science & Technology, Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, Scientia Agricola, Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, BioEngineered Bugs, Applied Energy, Journal of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, Microbial Cell Factories, Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Book Reviewer for:
Oxford University Press, Chapman & Hall, Cambridge University Press, Harwood Academic Publishers, Gordon & Broach Science Publishers, J. Wiley & Sons, Society for General Microbiology, Elsevier Science Publishers.
Book Reviewer for:
Oxford University Press, Chapman & Hall, Cambridge University Press, Harwood Academic Publishers, Gordon & Broach Science Publishers, J. Wiley & Sons, Society for General Microbiology, Elsevier Science Publishers.
2000 - 2008
Member of Editorial Board, FEMS Yeast Research
2005 - present
Managing Editor, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of Microbiology
2008 - present
Member of Editorial Board, Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists, International Journal of Wine Research
2010 - present
Member of Editorial Board, Journal of the Institute of Brewing
Society memberships/external committees/conference organisation
1974 - present
Institute of Brewing, Member (Scottish Section Committee, 1997-2001)
1983
Irish Yeast Group (Founder)
1984
Society for General Microbiology (Scottish Branch Committee, 1991-94)
1995 - present
American Society of Brewing Chemists, Member
1994 - present
Convenor (1994-2000) and Committee Member (2000-present)
Scottish Microbiology Society
2003 - present
FEMS Council Delegate (for Scottish Microbiology Society)
1983 - present
Conference organisation:
Irish & Scottish Yeast Group meetings
Society for General Microbiology meetings (Scottish Section)
Scottish Microbiology Society symposia
FEMS Council meeting (Edinburgh 2009)
International Symposium on Yeasts (ISSY18 Committee)
Int. Conferences on Yeast Genetics & Mol Biol (Finance & Policy Committee)
Institute of Brewing & Distilling Scottish Section meetings
Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference (Prog Chair 2008: Committee 2011)
British Science Association (Tayside & Fife committee member)
BioDundee Steering Group committee member
International Commission on Yeasts (ISSY & ICY Symposia)
The Alcohol Schools (Toulouse, Omaha and Montreal)
Invited plenary lectures
Invited lectures, including keynote/plenary presentations, have been presented at universities, industries and scientific symposia/conferences in Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Morocco, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and USA.
