Doctoral advisor Michael C.W. Evans | Name Bill Rutherford | |
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Fields PhotodissociationPhotosystem IINitrogen fixation Thesis Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of photosynthetic electron transport in purple bacteria (1979) Notable awards FRS (2014)Wolfson Merit Award (2011)Medaille d'argent du CNRS (2001)EMBO member (2001) | ||
Alfred William (Bill) Rutherford FRS is Professor and Chair in Biochemistry of Solar Energy in the Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London.
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Education
Rutherford was educated at University College London (UCL) where he was awarded a PhD in 1979 for electron paramagnetic resonance studies of photosynthetic electron transport in purple bacteria.
Research
Rutherford's research investigates:
Rutherford's research has been funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Wolfson Foundation and the Royal Society.
Awards and honours
Rutherford was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2014. His nomination reads:
Rutherford has also been awarded the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, the Medaille d'argent of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in 2001 and was elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in 2001.
Personal life
Bill is a musician in The Baskervilles Blues Band.