Emeritus ProfessorNigel Gooderham

Nigel Gooderham is Emeritus Professor of Molecular Toxicology in the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction. Previously he held the position of Assistant Provost (Academic Promotions) at Imperial College London. Nigel's research interests include mechanisms of chemical carcinogenesis and toxicity, the role of MiRNAs in chemical carcinogenesis and toxicity and the genetic toxicity of food-derived chemicals and oligonucleotides. Nigel's research contributions to international toxicology were recognized by EUROTOX (the European Societies of Toxicology) with the 2018 Bo Holmstedt Memorial Award. His laboratory at Imperial has trained more than ninety postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers, many of whom now hold senior positions in academia, industrial, government and regulatory bodies. In addition to his research interests, Nigel has also been actively involved in toxicology education at Imperial College London and externally, contributing primarily to postgraduate programmes. He was the founding Director of the MRes in Biomedical Research at Imperial.

Nigel has served on the UK Government’s Advisory Committee on Mutagenicity, was a member of the MRC ITTP Steering Committee and funding panel and previously the NC3Rs Research Funding Assessment Panel. He has been a member of the UK’s MHRA Panel of Assessors and has participated in a number of expert advisory panels on toxicology including medical devices, breast implants, plastic pollution, hair dyes, agricultural chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Nigel is an Executive Member of the Flavour and Extract Manufacturer’s Association (USA) Expert Panel and has held consultant positions for a number of commercial and organisations involved in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, food production and the legal profession.

He was the founding Editor-in-Chief of Toxicology Research (published by the Royal Society of Chemistry) and has served on the Editorial Boards of Mutagenesis, Toxicology, the Journal of Applied Toxicology and the Cancer Handbook. Nigel is a Gold Medal recipient and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the British Toxicology Society (BTS), a member of the Society of Toxicology (USA), the Biochemical Society and the United Kingdom Environmental Mutagenicity Society. He has held numerous offices within the BTS including Chairman of the Scientific Committee and member of the BTS Executive. Nigel has also held the posts of Visiting Professor at the University of Malaysia, Terangganu, Malaysia and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.