Lorna A. Casselton#
Sadly, this member passed away. | |
Membership Number: | 2559 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
Elected: | 2008 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Lorna A. Casselton passed away February 13, 2014.
Positions Held
- 1997 Professor of Fungal Genetics at Oxford
- 1993 – 2003 Fellow of St Cross College Oxford
- 1989 – 1991 Professor of Genetics at Queen Mary, University of London
- Assistant lecturer at Royal Holloway College in London
Fields of Scholarship
- Sexual development in fungi
- Genetic and molecular analysis of the mushroom Coprinus cinereus
Honours and Awards
- 1999 Fellow of the Royal Society in 1999
- 1993 - 2003 Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford
- 2000 Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College
- 2002 – 2003 Member of the Royal Society's Council, rejoined the Council in 2006 as Vice President and Foreign Secretary
- 2008 Member of the Academia Europaea in 2008
- 2010 Honorary Doctor of Science of University College London