Johnjoe McFadden was born on 17 May 1956 and is an Anglo-Irish scientist, academic and writer.
12 Facts About Johnjoe McFadden
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Johnjoe McFadden is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom.
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Johnjoe McFadden obtained his BSc in Biochemistry University of London in 1977 and his PhD at Imperial College London in 1982.
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Johnjoe McFadden went on to work on human genetic diseases and then infectious diseases, at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London and St George's Hospital Medical School, London and then at the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK.
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For more than a decade, Johnjoe McFadden has researched the genetics of microbes such as the agents of tuberculosis and meningitis and invented a test for the diagnosis of meningitis.
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Johnjoe McFadden has published more than 100 articles in scientific journals on subjects as wide-ranging as bacterial genetics, tuberculosis, idiopathic diseases and computer modelling of evolution.
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Johnjoe McFadden has contributed to more than a dozen books and has edited a book on the genetics of mycobacteria.
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Johnjoe McFadden produced a widely reported artificial life computer model which modelled evolution in organisms.
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Johnjoe McFadden has lectured extensively in the UK, Europe, the US and Japan and his work has been featured on radio, television and national newspaper articles particularly for the Guardian.
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Johnjoe McFadden wrote the popular science book, Quantum Evolution on the concept of quantum evolution.
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In 2014 Johnjoe McFadden co-wrote the popular science book, Life on the Edge: The Coming Age of Quantum Biology, in which he and Jim Al-Khalili further explore quantum biology and particularly recent findings in photosynthesis, enzyme catalysis, avian navigation, olfaction, mutation and neurobiology.
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Johnjoe McFadden regularly writes articles for The Guardian newspaper on topics as varied as quantum mechanics, evolution and genetically modified crops, and has reviewed books there.