Professor Linda King
Former OAHP Board Member – retired 31 July 2024
Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Global Partnerships, Oxford Brookes University
Professor Linda King is Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Global Partnerships and joined Oxford Brookes in 1986 as a Lecturer in Virology and was promoted to Professor in 1998. She was Dean of the School of Life Sciences for eight years until she became Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.
Linda completed her doctorate in molecular virology at the University of Oxford in 1985. Her research has focused on understanding the biology of insect viruses and on their exploitation in agriculture, medicine and biotechnology.
She is co-founding director of a joint Oxford Brookes and Natural Environment Research Council spin-out biotech company and she is now focusing on this work following her retirement from her OBU role.
Having published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals, reviews and book chapters, Linda has also spoken at numerous national and international meetings, including The American Society for Virology, The Society for Invertebrate Pathology, Peptalk, Global Protein Summit and Baculovirus Technology.