Born in London 1950; educated Westminster School and Corpus Christi College Cambridge; PhD at Liverpool University. Read Natural Sciences Tripos at Cambridge, Pt II Genetics; PhD also in Genetics.
Postdoctoral career: NERC Research Fellow and Temporary lecturer at Liverpool, then they offered me a job down in the sunny southwest, and I have been here ever since. Currently Professor in Evolutionary Genetics and Head of School.
Between Cambridge and Liverpool I went to Malawi on VSO, and taught English and Biology at the Kasungu Day Secondary School. I don't know how useful I was to Malawi, but I certainly learnt a lot.
From 1984-1992 I was a Councillor for the Pennsylvania ward on Exeter City Council, representing the Liberal Democrat party. From 1993-2000 I was Chairman of Governors of the Maynard School, Exeter, a leading Girls Independent School.
Evolutionary genetics of plants, particularly the evolution of metal tolerant populations. Phytoremediation of metal contaminated land. Evolution of plant/pollinator interactions and plant breeding systems. For more information, click here.
Professor Mark R. Macnair,
Email: M.R.Macnair@exeter.ac.uk
Last updated 18/01/01