Mark Walport
Sir Mark Walport | |
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Mark Walport | |
| Born | Mark Jeremy Walport 25 January 1953 London, England |
| Education | St Paul's School, London |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (PhD) |
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| Spouse |
Julia Elizabeth Neild
(m. 1986) |
| Children | 4 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunology Rheumatology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | The biology of complement receptors (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Lachmann |
| Website | gov |
Sir Mark Jeremy Walport (born 25 January 1953) is an English medical scientist and was the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2017 and Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) from 2017 to 2020. In 2023 he became the Foreign Secretary of The Royal Society (jointly with Alison Noble).