HOPKINS, David William
Title: Professor of Environmental Biology
        Head of the School of Life Sciences
Address: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
          School of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, John Muir Building,
          Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland,UK
Tel: + 44 (0) 131 451 3452 
Email: david.hopkins@hw.ac.uk
Education Background:
    1985-1988  Ph.D. Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
    1983-1985  B.Sc. (1st class Honours) Biological Sciences with industrial placement in the Agricultural Development & Development Service, CNAA – Manchester Polytechnic, England, UK
    1981-1983  Higher National Diploma Applied Biology, Manchester Polytechnic, UK
Working Experiences:
    2011-present  Professor of Environmental Biology and Head of the School of Life Sciences,Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
    2006-2011   Director of Science Planning & Principal Research Scientist,Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, UK (80% full-time equivalent)
    2002-2006   Head of School of Biological and Environmental Sciences,University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
Research Interests:
My research interests are in understanding the biological processes underlying carbon and nitrogen transformations in soils and making the link between processes and organisms. My polar experience include nine summer field seasons in Antarctica since 2001/2 including two work periods with the Royal Navy on board HMS Endurance.
Professional Activities:
    2011  Elected Fellow of the Society for Biology (FSB)
    2004-2008  Member of the Institute of Biology Environment Committee
    2002-2008  Elected Fellow of the Institute of Biology (FIBiol)
    2005-2006  President (honorary position with management and leadership responsibility for society with a membership of c. 1000 and an income from publishing of £90k p.a.)
    2003  Joint organizer of the Annual Symposium (Biological Diversity and Function in Soils)