Prof. Louise Horsfall
Principal Investigator
E: louise.horsfall@ed.ac.uk
T: 0131 650 5363
Contact Details
Roger Land Building G18
University of Edinburgh,
The King’s Buildings,
Alexander Crum Brown Road,
Edinburgh
EH9 3FF
Research Interests
Louise Horsfall, Chair of Sustainable Biotechnology at the University of Edinburgh, is interested in applying synthetic biology to improve the sustainability of biological processes and products. She was a founding member of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) Bioengineering and Bioprocessing Division and now serves as an elected academic representative of the EFB’s Executive Board. Louise also represents the Microbiology Society on the Scottish Parliamentary Cross-Party Group on Science and Technology. She is a member of the European Synthetic Biology Society and SynBioUK Advisory Boards, EPSRC’s Strategic Advisory Team for manufacturing and circular economy, BBSRC Strategy Advisory Panel for advanced manufacturing and clean growth, the Carbon Technology Research Foundation Advisory Council and the Scottish Science Advisory Council – providing independent advice and recommendations on science strategy, policy and priorities to the Scottish Government.
Career History
Louise holds a MChem from the University of Oxford, a DEA and a PhD in Biochemistry from the Université de Liège, Belgium. She worked as a research associate at the University of Leeds and the University of Glasgow before joining Edinburgh in May 2012.