Professor Christopher Gilligan
Biography
Christopher Gilligan is Chair of Defra’s Science Advisory Council (SAC).
He is Head of the School of Biological Sciences and Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of Cambridge.
He also holds Professorial Fellowship at King’s College and is Head of the Epidemiology and Modelling Group in the Department of Plant Sciences.
Christopher’s research has developed and tested a suite of models to predict invasion persistence and control of botanical epidemics in agricultural and natural environments.
Previous roles in government
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Chair, Science Advisory Council