Kevin Gough PhD

Dr. Kevin C. Gough, Ph.D. is a Professor of Biochemistry and Pathology at the University of Nottingham. Kevin Gough graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (1992). He then obtained a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Aberystwyth, graduating in 1996. His post-doctoral employment includes three years as a research associate at The University of Leicester before becoming a Research Scientist with ADAS.

He has acted as an independent scientific expert on appraisal panels for the Defra TSE Review 2007, for the Food Standards Agency TSE Research Programme Review 2007, and for the MRC Prion Research Reviews 2009 and 2014. He is also an Editorial Board Member for the journal Scientific Reports.

He has extensive experience in research in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Techniques include prion diagnostics, recombinant antibody production, protein purification, monoclonal antibody production, diagnostic PCR and Q-PCR, enzyme kinetics, and immunoassay development, next-generation phage display, next-generation sequencing, and biomarker discovery. He also has extensive experience in project and staff management, contract management, bid preparation, results dissemination, business development, and commercialization.