Douglas Kell

Douglas Kell
Douglas Kell at Buckingham Palace with Carole Goble after receiving his CBE
Born	Douglas Bruce Kell (1953-04-07) 7 April 1953 (age 64)
Nationality	United Kingdom
Fields	Systems Biology Computational Biology
Institutions	BBSRC University of Manchester Aberystwyth University University of Oxford
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA, PhD)
Thesis	The Bioenergetics of Paracoccus denitrificans (1978)
Doctoral advisor	Stuart Ferguson Philip John
Doctoral students	Eva Zelena Thomas Williamson Adaoha Ihekwaba Maria Brown Julia Handl Pedro Mendes
Known for	CEO of BBSRC
Notable awards	FRSB FAAAS (2012) FLSW (2012) CBE (2014)
Spouse	Dr Antje Wagner (m. 1989)
Children	one son, two daughters
Website dbkgroup.org manchester.ac.uk/research/douglas.kell

Douglas Bruce Kell CBEFRSB FLSW (born 7 April 1953) is a British biochemist and Professor of Bioanalytical Sciences in the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester, based in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB). He was formerly Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) from 2008-2013.

He was educated at Hydneye House in Sussex,Bradfield College in Berkshire and St John's College, Oxford. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry in 1975 and a Doctor of Philosophy (Oxon) in 1978 with a thesis on the Bioenergetics of Paracoccus denitrificans supervised by Stuart John Ferguson and Philip John.

From 1978 to 2002 he worked at Aberystwyth University, moving to UMIST in 2002 as EPSRC/Royal Society of Chemistry Research Chair in Bioanalytical Sciences.