Malcolm Press

Malcolm Colin Press (born 18 September 1958)[1] is a British ecologist, professor and Vice-Chancellor of the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), in the United Kingdom.[1][6]

Malcolm Press
Born	Malcolm Colin Press (1958-09-18) 18 September 1958[1]
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Westfield College, London (BSc) University of Manchester (PhD)
Awards	BES presidents Medal (2005)
Scientific career
Fields	Ecology Ecophysiology Parasitic plants
Institutions	Manchester Metropolitan University University of Birmingham Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew[2] British Ecological Society University College London University of Manchester University of Sheffield[1]
Thesis	Responses to acidic deposition in blanket bogs (1983)
Doctoral advisor	John A. Lee[3][4]
Notable students	Julian Hibberd (postdoc)[5]
Website	www2.mmu.ac.uk/about/governance/vice-chancellor/

Education

Press was educated at the Westfield College,[1] part of the University of London gaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental sciences in 1980 followed by a PhD from the University of Manchester in 1983 supervised by John A. Lee.[3]

Career and research

Following his PhD, Press was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at University College London (UCL) from 1985 to 1989. He was appointed a Lecturer in 1989 at the University of Manchester, before being promoted to senior lecturer and moving to the University of Sheffield in 1994, where he was a Reader until 1998, then professor of Physiological Ecology from 1998 to 2008. He was appointed Pro-vice-chancellor and Head of the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham until 2015.[7][8] He started his position as Vice-Chancellor at MMU in June 2015[9][10][11][12] where he took over from John Brooks who held the post from 2005 to 2015.[13][14]

His research investigates the interactions between parasitic plants and their hosts, environmental change in Arctic ecosystems and tropical rainforest ecology.[5][15][16][17][18][19][20] Specifically:

Malcolm is an ecologist with wide ranging interests in the ways in which plants compete for carbon and nutrients. He has worked on parasitic plants that infect staple cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa, the impacts of climate change on the structure and function of Arctic ecosystems, and the ecology of tropical rain forests in South East Asia. His research, which has been funded by BBSRC, NERC, ESRC, DfID and charities, has resulted in over 160 publications and the award of the British Ecological Society's President's Medal in 2005.[8]

Awards and honours

Press was president of the British Ecological Society (BES) 2007–2009, and was awarded the BES president's medal in 2005. In 2012, he was appointed to the Board of Trustees at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by Lord Taylor.[2]

References

1. Anon (2015). "Press, Prof. Malcolm Colin". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.10000142. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
2. "Professor Malcolm Press has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by Lord Taylor". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
3. Press, Malcolm Colin (1983). Responses to Acidic Deposition in Blanket Bogs. manchester.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. Copac 36522465. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015.
4. "Emeritus Professor John A Lee". Sheffield: University of Sheffield. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
5. Bungard, R. A.; Ruban, A. V.; Hibberd, J. M.; Press, M. C.; Horton, P.; Scholes, J. D. (1999). "Unusual carotenoid composition and a new type of xanthophyll cycle in plants". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96 (3): 1135. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.3.1135. PMC 15363. PMID 9927706.
6. "Brazil and beyond: inside Birmingham and Nottingham universities' research partnership". The Guardian. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014.
7. "Professor Malcolm Press, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Transfer, Life and Environmental Sciences". Birmingham: University of Birmingham. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013.
8. "Professor Malcolm Press BSc, PhD, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Transfer)". Birmingham: University of Birmingham. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
9. "Professor Malcolm Press begins as Vice-Chancellor: New era for Manchester Metropolitan University". Manchester Metropolitan University. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015.
10. "Professor Malcolm Press, Vice-Chancellor". Manchester Metropolitan University. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015.
11. Jump, Paul (2013). "Birmingham pro v–c's remark infuriates staff". Times Higher Education. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
12. "UK Government Research Grants awarded to Malcolm Press". Research Councils UK. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015.
13. Anon (2015). "Brooks, Prof. John Stuart". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.8907. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
14. "Manchester Metropolitan University appoints new vice-chancellor". Manchester: Manchester Evening News. 12 December 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016.
15. Quested, H. M.; Cornelissen, J. H. C.; Press, M. C.; Callaghan, T. V.; Aerts, R.; Trosien, F.; Riemann, P.; Gwynn-Jones, D.; Kondratchuk, A.; Jonasson, S. E. (2003). "Decomposition of Sub-Arctic Plants with Differing Nitrogen Economies: A Functional Role for Hemiparasites". Ecology. 84 (12): 3209. doi:10.1890/02-0426.
16. Stewart, G. R.; Press, M. C. (1990). "The Physiology and Biochemistry of Parasitic Angiosperms". Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology. 41: 127. doi:10.1146/annurev.pp.41.060190.001015.
17. Malcolm Press's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
18. Bale, J. S.; Masters, G. J.; Hodkinson, I. D.; Awmack, C.; Bezemer, T. M.; Brown, V. K.; Butterfield, J.; Buse, A.; Coulson, J. C.; Farrar, J.; Good, J. E. G.; Harrington, R.; Hartley, S.; Jones, T. H.; Lindroth, R. L.; Press, M. C.; Symrnioudis, I.; Watt, A. D.; Whittaker, J. B. (2002). "Herbivory in global climate change research: Direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores". Global Change Biology. 8: 1. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2486.2002.00451.x.
19. Rustad, L.E.; Campbell, J.L.; Marion, G. M.; Norby, R. J.; Mitchell, M. J.; Hartley, A. E.; Cornelissen, J. H. C.; Gurevitch, J.; GCTE-NEWS (2001). "A meta-analysis of the response of soil respiration, net nitrogen mineralization, and aboveground plant growth to experimental ecosystem warming". Oecologia. 126 (4): 543. doi:10.1007/s004420000544.
20. Press, M. C.; Potter, J. A.; Burke, M. J. W.; Callaghan, T. V.; Lee, J. A. (1998). "Responses of a subarctic dwarf shrub heath community to simulated environmental change". Journal of Ecology. 86 (2): 315. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00261.x.

Academic offices
Preceded by John Brooks	Vice-Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University 2015–present	Incumbent