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Matthew Shackleton-Chavez

Matthew Shackleton-Chavez

Mr

 https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5521-4737

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Academic Background

PhD student at The University of East Anglia, specialising in CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive in the global agricultural pest Ceratitis capitata (medfly).

I am conducting research at UEA, in association with Imperial College London and The University of Keele, under the Norwich Research Park Doctoral Training Partnership, with the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council (UKRI), from Autumn 2023 to 2027. 

I am interested in undertaking a Higher Education teaching role in the future and am working towards this within my PhD. 

Happy for queries and emails.  

Career

PhD Student, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia. Norwich, UK. Oct 2023 - Present. 

Conference Organizing Committee Member, Norwich Research Park Doctoral Training Partnership (NRPDTP). Norwich, UK. Dec 2025 – Jun 2026.

Deputy Course Coordinator and Associate Teacher (Professional Internship for PhD Students, PIPS) John Innes Centre and ICARDA. Norwich UK and Rabat, Morocco. Sep 2025 – Dec 2025.

Associate Tutor and Teaching Responsibilities, University of East Anglia. Norwich, UK. Jan 2024 – Present.

 

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Drive in Ceratitis capitata, medfly, University of East Anglia

Oct 2023 → Oct 2027

Award Date: 1 Oct 2027

Master of Science, Genes, Drugs and Stem Cells (Gene Editing), Imperial College London

Sept 2022 → Sept 2023

Award Date: 1 Nov 2023

Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, Oxford Brookes University

Sept 2019 → Jun 2022

Award Date: 14 Jun 2022

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