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Professional Activities

Present
• Animal Health Trust, Scientific Advisory Board, Member 2017 -
• PLoS ONE. Academic Editor, 2012-
• International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Herpesvirales Study Group. Member, 2017 - 2020
• Royal Society Fellowship scheme, Mentor, 2013 –

Past
• NC3Rs Studentship Funding Panel. Member, 2013-2017
• Microbiology Society, Virology Division. Member, 2013 – 2017
• Austrian Science Fund – International expert assessor for Doctoral Programme. Vienna. 2016
• BBSRC Institute Assessment Exercise: Panel for the Pirbright Institute, Member, 2016
• BBSRC Committee A (Animal Health and Wellbeing), Core member, 2009 – 2012
• Royal Society Newton International Fellowship Panel, Member, 2011-2013
• BBSRC Institute Strategic Programme Grant Assessment Panel, Member, 2011 – 2012
• BBSRC Animal Sciences Committee, Member, 2008

Editorships

  • PlosONE (Academic Editor, 2012 - present)

Examination Roles

  • Imperial College, London, MSc: Molecular Biology and Pathology of Viruses (2019)
  • University of Edinburgh, BSc (Hons) Infectious Disease (2019)
  • University of London (RVC), PhD (2019)
  • Queen's University, Belfast, PhD (2018)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses (2011 - present)
  • Animal Health Trust (2017 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

  • European Respiratory Society (Member, 2019 - present)
  • American Society for Microbiology (Member, 1995 - present)
  • Society for General Microbiology (Member, 1987 - present)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body (AWERB) Chair
  • University Biohazards Committee Chair