McQueen-Mason, Simon

　　Title: Director and Professor

　　Address: Centre for Novel agricultural Products (CNAP)

　　University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK

　　Tel: +44 1904 328775

　　Email: simon.mcqueenmason@york.ac.uk

　　Education Background:

　　1987    BSc Biology (CNAA) Honours (1st Class), Portsmouth Polytechnic School of Biological Sciences, Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

　　1993    PhD (Plant Physiology), The Pennsylvania State University, USA.

　　Working Experiences:

　　1993-1994,      Post-doctoral Research Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University

　　1994-2001,      Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of York

　　2001- present, Chair in Materials Biology, University of York

　　2014- present, Director of the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP), University of  York

　　Research Interests:

　　Use of woody plant biomass as a feedstock for biofuels and biorefining. Plant cell wall biochemistry and genetics. Enzymes for biomass deconstruction.

　　Professional Activities:

　　Director of the BBSRC-sponsored Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Network (LBNet, www. /lb-net.net). Peer review of numerous scientific journals and governmental funding agencies.