2001-present - Head, Scottish Fish Immunolgy Research Centre, University of Aberdeen

2002-2011 - Head of School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen

2004-2014 - Established Chair of Zoology, University of Aberdeen

2014-present - Regius Chair of Natural History, University of Aberdeen

2007 - Awarded the RSE Alexander Ninian Bruce prize for meritorious research in Medical or Veterinary Physiology