Richard M. Marais BS, PhD, FMedSci

Richard obtained his BSc in Genetics and Microbiology from the University College London in 1985, after which he undertook his PhD on Protein Kinase C Isotypes at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in London, which he completed in 1989. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, until 1993. Richard then moved to The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London as an Independent Postdoctoral Research Fellow.

It was at the ICR where Richard spent the next 19 years of his career focusing on cell signalling in melanoma, developing a particular interest in the role of oncogenic BRAF. During his time at the ICR, Richard progressed to Team Leader of the Signal Transduction Team in 1998, then to Professor of Molecular Oncology in 2007, to Deputy Chair, Section of Cell and Molecular Biology, in 2008, and finally to the Division Head, Division of Cancer Biology, in 2011.