ProfessorRichard Kitney, OBE, DSc FREng

Richard Ian Kitney OBE, FREng, FRSE, DSc (Eng), FCGI

Kitney is Professor of Biomedical Systems Engineering; Chairman of the Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology; and Co-Director of the EPSRC National Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation. He was Founding Head of the Department of Bioengineering, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. He Chaired The Royal Academy of Engineering Inquiry into Synthetic Biology http://www.raeng.org.uk/publications/reports/synthetic-biology-report . Kitney is a member of the Ministerial Leadership Council for Synthetic Biology and was one of the main authors of the UK Roadmap for Synthetic Biology http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/RCUK-prod/assets/documents/publications/SyntheticBiologyRoadmap.pdf. Kitney is recognised as a leading research worker in the field of synthetic biology and, with Professor Paul Freemont, has been responsible for developing the Imperial College Hub for Synthetic Biology http://www.imperial.ac.uk/syntheticbiology- which is now recognised as one of the leading international centres in the field. In 2013, they were successful in winning the national competition to establish the UK national industrial translation centre for synthetic biology - SynbiCITE http://www.synbicite.com/. Kitney has published over 300 papers in the fields of synthetic biology, mathematical modelling, biomedical information systems, and medical imaging and has worked extensively in and with industry. Kitney was made a Fellow of the World Technology Network in 1999 for his innovative work in the fields of health and medicine. He was made an Academician of the International Academy of BioMedical Engineering in September 2003 (this is the highest honour bestowed by the International Federation of BioMedical Engineering Societies). He is also a Fellow of AIMBE, the America Academy of BioMedical Engineering. In 2006 he was made an Honorary Fellow of both The Royal College of Physicians and The Royal College of Surgeons.

In June 2001, Professor Kitney was awarded The Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Information Technology in Biomedicine.

Co-Director and PI of the Imperial College Synthetic Biology Hub CsynBI

Richard's research publications can be found at the tab above, or on Google Scholar

Academic Qualifications
Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering

Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh

DSc (Eng) University of London

PhD Electrical Engineering- Imperial College

CEng, FIEE - Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers

CSci - Chartered Scientist

Fellow of the International Academy of BioMedical Engineering (50 Fellows Worldwide)

Fellow of the Americain Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering

Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons (Hon)

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Hon)

Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine

Media Appearances and Public Engagement

Professor Kitney is a regular contributor to radio programmes and has also appeared on television. He gives regular public lectures and undertakes other forms of public engagement, including talks at school science clubs.