Philip joined UEA in September 2011 as dean of the Faculty of Science.
Previous to his appointment, he was principal of St Mary’s College and professor in the school of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Durham University . His research focuses on gene regulation and flower development.
He took his first degree at Leeds and his PhD at Warwick where he studied light regulated gene expression. He held a fellowship at the Rockefeller University in New York before returning to Leeds.
He gained a personal chair in Plant Molecular Genetics in 1999 and in 2004 became pro-dean for research in the faculty of Biological Sciences before moving to Durham in 2008.
