Philip Poole#
| Membership Number: | 5439 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://rhizosphere.org |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5087-6455 |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 1985 - 1986 Tutor in Microbiology/ Biochemistry at Murdoch University, Western Australia
- 1987 - 1990 Wellcome Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
- 1990 - 1999 Lecturer in Microbiology, University of Reading
- 1999 - 2003 Reader in Microbial Physiology, University of Reading
- 2003 - 2007 Professor of Microbial Physiology, University of Reading
- 2007 - 2013 Project leader John Innes Centre
- 2008 - 2013 Professor University of East Anglia
- 2013 RS4 Research Professor of Plant Microbiology, University of Oxford
- 2014 Senior Research Fellow Somerville College Oxford
- 2026 Fellow of the Royal Society
Fields of Scholarship
- Physiology and biochemistry of legume Rhizobium symbiosis
- Rhizosphere microbiology
- Nitrogen fixation
Honours and Awards
- 2019 - 2021 Walter Murdoch Adjunct professorship, Murdoch University
- 2024 Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
- 2025 Fellow of the Royal Society
