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Ian Connerton

Professor of Food Safety, Faculty of Science

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  • workRoom B28 Food Sciences
    Sutton Bonington Campus
    Sutton Bonington
    Leicestershire
    LE12 5RD
    UK
  • work0115 951 6119
  • fax0115 951 6161

Biography

Prof Ian Connerton is Chair of Food Safety at the University of Nottingham. He was awarded a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Warwick in 1985. After post-doctoral research at the University of Cambridge in Genetics, he joined the University of Reading in 1987 to teach Microbiology before joining the Institute of Food Research in 1991 first as a Section Leader and then Deputy Head of Food Macromolecular Science. He was appointed as the first Northern Foods Chair of Food Safety in 1998 (now 2 Sisters Chair). Current research includes host pathogen interactions of food borne bacterial (Campylobacter jejuni and enterovirulent E. coli) and viral pathogens, and the influence of bacteriophage on food borne bacterial pathogen populations.

Research Summary

Ian Connerton is the Chair of Food Safety at the University of Nottingham within the Division of Microbiology, Brewing and Biotechnology. He has been involved in molecular biology research for more… read more

Selected Publications

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