Professor of Medical Microbiology, Kingston University
Prof Fielder was awarded a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from Kings College London in 1995 winning the Tadion-Rideal Prize for outstanding postgraduate work. He then undertook postdoctoral position at St Georges Hospital London on mucosal vaccination against Vibrio cholerae. Fielder joined Kingston University as a lecturer (1998) in medical Microbiology and awarded a chair in Medical Microbiology in 2011. Fielder is a former advisor for the Clinical Laboratory Sciences Institute (Veterinary antimicrobial susceptibility testing) a member of the Standards in Microbiology for England steering committee. Fielder’s research team are multidisciplinary working on rapid detection systems for infectious disease diagnosis and to overcome antimicrobial resistance in clinical and veterinary settings as well as working with collaborators in the USA on aspects of emerging infectuious disease.