| Sir Michael Ferguson | |
| Birth Name: | Michael Anthony John Ferguson |
| Birth Date: | February 1957 |
| Birth Place: | County Durham, England[1] |
| Workplaces: | University of Dundee |
| Known For: | research into neglected tropical diseases |
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| Website: | http://www.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/people/mike-ferguson |
Sir Michael Anthony John Ferguson CBE, FRS, FRSE (born February 1957) is a British biochemist and Regius Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee. His research team are based at the School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee.[2]
After education at St Peter's School, York, he received a BSc degree in biochemistry from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in 1979 and a PhD degree in biochemistry by London University in 1982.
He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Rockefeller University, New York (1982–85) and at Oxford University (1985–88). He then accepted a lectureship at the University of Dundee and was promoted to Professor of Molecular Parasitology in 1994. He became Dean of Research for the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee in 2007, a position he held until 2014. He was a member of the board of governors of the Wellcome Trust (2012–2021), also serving as Deputy Chair (2018–2021).
He is a member of the board of directors of the Medicines for Malaria Venture.