Dr Simon Carpenter

Simon Carpenter has worked at The Pirbright Institute since 2002 and is Director of Capability with a remit that spans existing infrastructure facilities, current and future development projects and animal and research services. Simon originally worked as a postdoctoral scientist in the group of Professor Philip Mellor OBE on arboviruses including bluetongue and African horse sickness and took over leadership of the research group in 2011 when Philip retired. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles as an entomologist and acted as science lead on the Core Capability Grant from 2017 to 2021, a £60m initiative from UKRI to support infrastructure and services at The Pirbright Institute.