Sir David Read, FRS, is Emeritus Professor of Plant Science in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield.
[1] He also serves on the Rothamsted Research Board of Directors.
[2] Read's research focuses on plant and fungal physiology and ecology, particularly the biology of root-fungus symbioses.
[1] Read was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1990 and was formerly its Vice President and Biological Secretary until 2008, when he was succeeded by Professor Dame Jean Thomas.
[4] The same year, he was made an honorary doctor at Lund University.