About
Dr Christopher J. Coates is an Associate Professor in Comparative Immunology at Swansea University specialising in shellfish health and disease, insects as toxicology models, and the roles of oxygen binding/transport proteins in innate immunity.
Christopher is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and was delighted to lead the Academic Team (2015 – 2017) within the Department of Biosciences to secure unconditional accreditation for all listed undergraduate (BSc) programmes. Christopher is an elected member of Swansea University’s Senate, Health and Safety Lead for Biosciences, and Biological & GM Safety Officer for Science.
Outside of the University, Christopher is an elected member of the Royal Society of Biology and International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology, and Editorial Board member of the MDPI journal Pathogens.