Keith Gull
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Born | [2] | 29 May 1948
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | King's College London (BSc, PhD) |
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Thesis | Studies on the Effect of Griseofulvin on Fungal Growth and Cytology (1973) |
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Professor Keith Gull
Education
Gull was educated at
Career and research
On completion of his PhD, he moved to a lectureship at the University of Kent. He held a personal chair at Kent when he moved to the University of Manchester where he spent the 1990s involved with the development of the School of Biological Sciences as Head of Biochemistry and Research Dean. He moved to Oxford in 2002. He was Chairman of the Biochemical Society (1999–2002), and is a trustee of Cancer Research UK. According to Google Scholar[7] and Scopus[8] his most cited peer-reviewed scientific papers are on Trypanosoma brucei[9][10] and Trypanosoma cruzi.[11] More recently, the Gull laboratory[12] has worked on Leishmania.[13][14]
After nine years as Principal Professor of
Controversy
During his tenure as Principal of St Edmund Hall, he was alleged to have exploited college finances by claiming £500 in “Christmas presents” and “gifts” between November and December 2015, and £185 on a desk lamp in November 2017.[17] Gull defended his Christmas expenses claims, but not the desk lamp claim.[18]
In 2010, Gull attracted criticism by his students and the national press for the decision to spend £15,000 on a college snowdrop garden amid budget cuts. He defended the decision, claiming the snowdrops will be "fantastic", but apologised for the way in which it was made.[19][20][21]
In 2015, Gull declined requests to clarify the status of claims made by Bongbong Marcos, son of Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, about whether he finished his degree at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[22]
Awards and honours
Among numerous prizes, fellowships, and other awards, Keith Gull was awarded the
Gull was elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in 2010.[1]
References
- ^ a b "The EMBO Pocket Directory" (PDF). European Molecular Biology Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2015.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U18407. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ http://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/index.php?section=47 The Principal, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford
- ^ "The Hall elects its next Principal", St Edmund Hall
- ^ "SEH academic staff", St Edmund Hall
- OCLC 681147643.
- ^ ""keith gull" – Google Scholar". Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ Keith Gull publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- PMID 9843950.
- S2CID 18649858.
- S2CID 3830267.
- ^ http://users.path.ox.ac.uk/~kgull/publications.htm Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Keith Gull lab publications
- PMID 21255109.
- PMID 20388734.
- ^ "A Celebration of Keith Gull". St Edmund Hall. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "St Edmund Hall elects new principal". ox.ac.uk. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Old boys' clubs and toilet brushes: how college bosses spend your money". Cherwell. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Exposed expenses hide a darker truth". Cherwell. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Fury sprouts over snowdrop garden". Cherwell. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ "Oxford college in row over £15,000 field of snowdrops". The Telegraph. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Oxford students hit out at £15,000 snowdrop field". The Telegraph. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Did Bongbong Marcos lie about Oxford, Wharton?". Rappler. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Professor Keith Gull CBE FMedSci FRS". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015.
- ^ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/57155/supplements/8 "New Year Honours List 2004"
- ^ "Certificate of Election EC/2003/18: Keith Gull". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2020.