David Richardson (academic)

Professor David Richardson
9th Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Chancellor	Rose Tremain
Preceded by	Edward Acton
Personal details
Alma mater	University of Keele (BSc) University of Birmingham (PhD)
Profession	Biochemist

David J. Richardson is a British academic who is currently Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia.^[1] He was educated at the University of Keele (BSc, Biochemistry), and the University of Birmingham (PhD, 1988), and undertook post-doctoral research at the University of Oxford from 1988-1991. He joined the University of East Anglia as a lecturer in 1991, became a Professor in 2001, and was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor in 2012.^[2] He was awarded the Society for General Microbiology Fleming Medal in 1999 and is a recipient of the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. He is a member of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. He has an h-index of 66.^[3]

References

1. Parr, Chris (22 January 2014). "David Richardson appointed as new UEA v-c". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
2. "Professor David Richardson - Professor of Microbial Biochemistry". University of East Anglia. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
3. "David J Richardson". Google Scholar. Retrieved 5 March 2016.