Leanne Timpson

Dr. Leanne Timpson is a Lecturer in Microbiology at Nottingham Trent University. She has a PhD in Microbial Biotechnology from University College Dublin, Ireland. During her PhD (2007-2011), Leanne focused on the production of novel enzymes from extremophilic microorganisms for biocatalytic applications. She published her findings in the journals Extremophiles and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Leanne subsequently spent 5 years (2012-2017) working as a Fermentation Research Scientist for the Danish Biotech company, Novozymes. She has also held Associate Lecturer positions at the University of Lincoln and the University of Leicester (2015-2017) and was a Lecturer for 6 years in Further Education and Higher Education at Nottingham College (2017-2023), United Kingdom.