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Steve Conlan

Professor and Head of the School of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University

Professor Conlan joined Anglia Ruskin University in April 2026 as Head of the School of Life Sciences. He moved to ARU from Swansea University, where he held senior academic leadership positions within the Medical School and played a key role in the NHS Wales Precision Medicine Programme. A molecular biologist by training he has worked across interdisciplinary boundaries linking molecular biology and nanotechnology, and leading MSc and PhD educational programmes in nanomedicine.