Andrew Gates joined the School of Biological Sciences as a lecturer in 2011. He is a member of the Molecular Microbiology theme and the Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry (CMSB). Andrew holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Molecular Biology from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of East Anglia. Prior to his appointment within the School of Biological Sciences, he worked with Prof David Richardson (UEA) and Prof Stuart Ferguson (Oxford) as a senior post-doctoral research associate, which initiated his interest in the genetics and biochemistry of assimilatory nitrate reduction, and nitrogen and iron respiratory systems in bacteria.