Professor elected as fellow of Royal Society of Biology

A senior academic at UWE Bristol has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB).

Emmanuel Adukwu, Professor of Applied Microbiology and the Deputy Head of the School of Applied Sciences, has achieved the society’s highest grade of membership.

Fellows at the RSB have made a distinctive and notable contribution to the advancement of the biological sciences and have a minimum of five years’ influential experience throughout their career. They make an invaluable contribution to the society’s work in supporting and representing the sector, and helping to shape the future of biology.

Prof Adukwu lectures across several programmes in the School of Applied Sciences and leads a research group exploring strategies to reduce the burden of infections caused by antimicrobial resistant pathogens using a range of experimental and public health approaches.

His research includes a recent Research England Regional Innovation Fund-supported project aimed at developing an evidence base to promote antimicrobial stewardship at community pharmacy level and a partnership project between Pukka Herbs and UWE Bristol investigating the role of herbal teas in modulating health.

Prof Adukwu was named as the 2023 RSB Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year, an award which recognises outstanding teaching and learning practice in the biosciences and given to the UK’s leading bioscience higher education teachers. His work in developing a successful and transformative student employability programme, alongside other initiatives including developing and enabling a pipeline to success for undergraduate researchers, are among his notable achievements.

He said: “To be elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in recognition of my work and contributions is a huge honour and I look forward to continuing to share my work and expertise to develop and shape the future of biology.”