John BSc Hons, PhD

Dr. Ward studied Biochemistry at the University of Bristol and graduated in 1975. I moved departments and joined the Department of Bacteriology to carry out research for my PhD on antibiotic resistance plasmids and transposable elements using the newly discovered restriction enzymes. After gaining my doctorate in 1981 I moved to UMIST in Manchester to a postdoctoral position on Pseudomonas catabolic plasmids. In 1983 I moved to the Biochemistry Department at UCL and started the MSc in Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. I ran the MSc course for 17 years and in 2001 took over as programme tutor for the BSc in Biotechnology. I was appointed Professor of Molecular Microbiology in 2006. In 2010 I started the MRes in Synthetic Biology and in 2012 I moved to the Department of Biochemical Engineering as Professor of Synthetic Biology for Bioprocessing.