Linda M. Field

Linda M. Field FRES FRSB is a British scientist noted for her work on the insecticide mode of action and resistance.

Biography
Field was awarded a PhD on the molecular basis of insecticide resistance at Rothamsted Research in 1989. She became leader of the Insect Molecular Biology Group at Rothamsted in 2002, and then Head of the Department of Biological Chemistry in 2010 (now Biointeractions and Crop Protection, BCP).

Since 2005, she has also been a Special Professor at the University of Nottingham. Field is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. She was also President of the Royal Entomological Society from 2008 to 2010.

Education
Lin Field received a BA (First Class) from the Open University in 1986. She later received a Ph.D. entitled "The Molecular Genetic Basis of Insecticide Resistance in the Peach-Potato Aphid, Myzus persicae" in 1989.

Awards

 * Honorary Professor University of Nottingham
 * Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
 * Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society
 * Honorary Editorial Officer, Royal Entomological Society
 * Previous President, Royal Entomological Society
 * Member of editorial board for Insect Molecular Biology
 * Member Science about Science Plant Science Panel