Michael Murphy#
| Membership Number: | 7179 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.mbu.cam.ac.uk |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-1115-9618 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 Professor of Mitochondrial Redox Biology, Dept of Medicine, University of Cambridge
- 2001 Programme leader, MRC-Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge
- 1999 Visiting scientist, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
- 1992-2001 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, New Zealand
- 1990 - 1992 Lecturer, Biochemistry Department, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
- 1989 Teacher with Voluntary Services Overseas (London) in Zimbabwe
- 1988 Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
- 1984 - 1987 PhD student, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1980 - 1984 BA, Chemistry, first class honours, first in class, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Fields of Scholarship
- Oxygen metabolism
- Mitochondria
- Cardiovascular disease
- Electron transport chain
- Oxidative phosphorylation
- Redox biochemistry
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Derek Willoughby Medal, William Harvey Research Institute, London
- 2023 Winterbourn Lecture, University of Otago, New Zealand
- 2023 Liversidge Lecture, University of Sydney, Australia
- 2021 - 2024 Clarivate highly cited researcher
- 2021 John Farndon Memorial Lecture, Surgical Research Society, UK
- 2020 Nanyang-SNIC Distinguished Lectureship, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- 2019 Joseph Larner Memorial Lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Virginia, USA
- 2019 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
- 2018 The 2018 Basic Science Lecturer, Society for Free Radical Research-Europe
- 2017 The 2017 Gopal Singhal Lecturer, Chemistry Department, Wayne State University, USA
- 2016 Honorary Research Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Otago, NZ
- 2016 Keilin Memorial Lecture and Medal
- 2012 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Hon FRSNZ)
- 2008 The Nathan O. Kaplan Lecturer, University of California, San Diego
- 2001 Honorary Fellow, Depts of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Otago
- 2000 Research Medal of the New Zealand Association of Scientists
- 2000 Applied Biosystems Medal, NZ Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- 1984 - 1987 Open Research Studentship, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge,
- 1984 Cocker Medal for Experimental Chemistry, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
- 1982 - 1987 Foundation Scholarship, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
- 1982 C. Walter Jones Prize in Organic Chemistry, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland




