Michael Murphy#


Michael Murphy
Membership Number:7179
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Elected:2025
Main Country of Residence:UNITED KINGDOM
Homepage(s):https://www.mbu.cam.ac.uk
ORCID:0000-0003-1115-9618





Present and Previous Positions
  • 2018 Professor of Mitochondrial Redox Biology, Dept of Medicine, University of Cambridge
  • 2001 Programme leader, MRC-Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge
  • 1999 Visiting scientist, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • 1992-2001 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • 1990 - 1992 Lecturer, Biochemistry Department, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
  • 1989 Teacher with Voluntary Services Overseas (London) in Zimbabwe
  • 1988 Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
  • 1984 - 1987 PhD student, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
  • 1980 - 1984 BA, Chemistry, first class honours, first in class, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Fields of Scholarship
  • Oxygen metabolism
  • Mitochondria
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Electron transport chain
  • Oxidative phosphorylation
  • Redox biochemistry

Honours and Awards
  • 2025 Derek Willoughby Medal, William Harvey Research Institute, London
  • 2023 Winterbourn Lecture, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • 2023 Liversidge Lecture, University of Sydney, Australia
  • 2021 - 2024 Clarivate highly cited researcher
  • 2021 John Farndon Memorial Lecture, Surgical Research Society, UK
  • 2020 Nanyang-SNIC Distinguished Lectureship, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • 2019 Joseph Larner Memorial Lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Virginia, USA
  • 2019 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
  • 2018 The 2018 Basic Science Lecturer, Society for Free Radical Research-Europe
  • 2017 The 2017 Gopal Singhal Lecturer, Chemistry Department, Wayne State University, USA
  • 2016 Honorary Research Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Otago, NZ
  • 2016 Keilin Memorial Lecture and Medal
  • 2012 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Hon FRSNZ)
  • 2008 The Nathan O. Kaplan Lecturer, University of California, San Diego
  • 2001 Honorary Fellow, Depts of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Otago
  • 2000 Research Medal of the New Zealand Association of Scientists
  • 2000 Applied Biosystems Medal, NZ Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • 1984 - 1987 Open Research Studentship, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge,
  • 1984 Cocker Medal for Experimental Chemistry, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
  • 1982 - 1987 Foundation Scholarship, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
  • 1982 C. Walter Jones Prize in Organic Chemistry, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland


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