John Hedger 

Biography

Professor Hedger has over 40 years experience in Mycology, starting with a PhD in Fungal Ecology at Cambridge University, followed by a lectureship at Aberystwyth University from 1970 to 1995 and then was Quintin Hogg Research Fellow in Fungal Biotechnology and Professor at the University of Westminster until retirement in 2010, since when he has been Emeritus Professor.He has been a consultant Mycologist with the Hypha Discovery team since the inception of the company.He acted as a consultant on Tropical Mycology and Fermentation Development to the Natural Products Discovery Company Xenova in the 1980s, including building culture collections from tropical rainforest and has experience of working in S.America, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Research Interest

Mycology