Professor Philip Newland BSc, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience
Professor Philip Newland is Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience within Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton.
Career History
2018-present: Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience. University of Southampton, UK.
2008-2018: Professor of Neuroscience. University of Southampton, UK.
2013-2016: Associate Dean for Internationalisation (FNES). University of Southampton, UK.
2004-2008: Reader. Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.
2001-2004: Senior Lecturer. Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.
1997-2001: BBSRC Senior Research Fellow. University of Southampton, UK.
1996-1997: BBSRC Senior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK.
1988-1996: Postdoctoral Research Associate. University of Cambridge, UK.
1986-1987: JSPS Research Fellow. Hokkaido University, Japan.
Academic Qualifications
1985: PhD in Neuroethology. University of Glasgow, UK.
1981: BSc Zoology. University of Glasgow, UK.
Professor Phil Newland graduated in Zoology from the University of Glasgow where he also studied for his PhD in Neuroethology. He then went to work at Hokkaido University in Japan on the neural basis of crayfish equilibrium behaviour. He returned to England in 1988 as a Senior Research Associate at Cambridge University analysing the integrative properties of neuronal circuits in arthropods before joining Southampton in 1997.