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Christopher Aidan Gilligan CBE Sc.D (born 9th January 1953) is Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of Cambridge where he is also a Fellow of King's College.

Education

Chris Gilligan was educated at St Mary's College, Crosby, and then attended Keble College, Oxford, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Agricultural and Forest Sciences in 1974. He proceeded to Wolfson College, Oxford, where he was awarded a D.Phil in Plant Pathology in 1978.

Career and Research

Appointments

Previously University Lecturer, Dept of Plant Sciences (1989-1995), Dept of Applied Biology (1982-1989)
 * Head, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge (2009-2013)
 * Deputy-Head & Head-elect, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge (2008-2009)
 * Professor of Mathematical Biology, Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge (1999- )
 * Reader in Mathematical Biology, Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge (1995-1999)
 * Fellow, King's College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge (1988- )

Honours and Awards

Chris Gilligan has received the following honours and awards:
 * Professorial Research Fellow, BBSRC (UK National Research Council (2005-2010)
 * R.W. Holley Lecturer, Cornell University (2012)
 * Fisher Lecturer, Rothamsted Research (2009)
 * Honorary Fellow, American Phytopathological Society (2005)
 * President, British Society for Plant Pathology (2001)
 * Professorial Fellow, King's College, Cambridge (2000)
 * Sc.D, University of Cambridge (1999)
 * Personal Chair, University of Cambridge (1999)
 * Senior Research Fellow, Royal Society Leverhulme Trust (1998-1999)
 * Honorary Research Fellow, Rothamsted Research 91998-2013)
 * CBE for 'Service to Plant Health in the field of Epidemiology' in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2015