Mark Sansom#
| Membership Number: | 6587 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-6360-7959 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Emeritus Professor of Molecular Biophysics, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
- 2011 - 2021 David Phillips Professor of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford
- 2011 - 2018 Head of Department, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
- 1991 - 2011 Lecturer, Reader, Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
- 1984 - 1991 Lecturer, Dept. Zoology, University of Nottingham
- 1990 - 1991 SERC Advanced Fellow, Dept. Zoology, University of Nottingham
- 1989 - 1990 Nuffield Foundation Science Research Fellow, Dept. Zoology, University of Nottingham
- 1983 - 1984 SERC Fellow, Dept. Zoology, University of Nottingham
- 1982 - 1983 MRC Research Assistant, Lab. of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Ion channel biophysics
- Molecular simulations of membrane proteins
- Protein/lipid interactions in membranes
Honours and Awards
- 2012 Novartis Chemistry Lecturer “in recognition of outstanding contributions to organic and computational chemistry, including applications to biology”
- 2007 Chair of the HECToR (High End Computing Terascale Resource) Science Board, responsible for the procurement of the UK national supercomputer (budget of £130M)
- Service on several SABs, most recently for two Max Planck Institutes (for Biophysics in Frankfurt, and for Biophysical Chemistry, in Göttingen), for the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, and for the Academy of Finland "ProLipids" (Helisinki) and "Biological Barrier Mechanics and Disease" (Turku and Helsinki) Centres of Excellence
