Vitamins & Minerals

Des R Richardson

Des R Richardson
Professor, Department of Pathology and Bosch Institute
University of Sydney, Australia

Biography

Des R. Richardson (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc. (UWA), F.F.Sc. (RCPA)) holds the Chair of Cancer Cell Biology at the University of Sydney and is a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Senior Principal Research Fellow. He has published over 250 articles, chapters and books (94% as first or senior author) and in the last 5 years has published 106 articles etc (91% as first or senior author). His publication statistics include a h-index of 47 and has >7000 citations. He current leads the Bosch Institute Cancer Cell Biology and Development Theme and Prostate Cancer Focus Group and is Director of the Iron Metabolism and Chelation Program. He holds academic appointments as Adjunct or Visiting Professor/Scientist at McGill University, Montreal, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Beijing Academy of Sciences.

Research Interest

iron, iron metabolism, iron trafficking, iron chelators.