Journal of Marine Science: Research & Development
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Biography

M. James C. Crabbe is a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Bedfordshire.I am also a Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford University (where I have been a Fellow since 1979), and Visiting Professor at the University of Reading, and at Beijing Normal University and at the International Business Faculty of BNU in Zhuhai in China. Before becoming Dean, I was Head of the School of Animal and Microbial Sciences and Professor of Protein Biochemistry at the University of Reading. In 2008 I won the Great Contributors to China Creative Industries Award, presented at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, and in 2006 won the 6th Aviva/Earthwatch International Award for Climate Change Research. My research has resulted in over 150 research publications in refereed journals, 51 books, book chapters and articles in books, 14 items of commercial software, and numerous invitations (four in 2010) as Plenary or Keynote speaker at international conferences. In the last year, I have published over ten papers, including those in the highly rated journals PNAS and PLOS One. I am a member of the Peer Review College and Panel member of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Scientific Advisor to the Earthwatch Institute, Patron of Coral Cay Conservation, Member of Arts Interlink, Fellow of the Council, and Trustee of the Guild of Benevolence, of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology, Vice-Chair of Governors of Central Bedfordshire Further Education College Corporation, and Chairman of Trustee Directors of the Charity for Access Ability and Communications Technology (AACT). I have served on the Peer Review College of the EPSRC, the College of Experts of the MRC, and the Pool of Experts of the BBSRC. I am a SCUBA dive instructor level 1, and have produced several classical recordings, one of which won an award, and have worked in BBC TV and Radio, and on the Science and Art programme of the Wellcome Trust.

Research Interest

Coral reefs and climate change, Capacity building, Reef growth and ecology.

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