David B. Collinge

David B. Collinge was educated at the universities of Liverpool and Newcastle Upon Tyne. He has been Associate Prof since 1987 and, since 2002 Professor of Plant Pathology at Copenhagen University where he teaches several plant pathology, microbiology and genetics courses from BSc to PhD level. His research areas include defense mechanisms in plants, biological control, plant biotechnology and more recently endophytes. He is currently in the presidency of the British Society of Plant Pathology, has supervised over 30 PhD students and published over 100 scientific papers and book contributions. He is associate editor for the journals Plant Pathology and European Journal of Plant Pathology.