BSc Hons and PhD from Aston University. Research Fellow at the University of Uppsala, Sweden (1978-80) before taking up an academic appointment at Surrey University in 1980 and current position as Professor of Biomedical Sciences in 1989. Professor Flatt is Head of the Diabetes Research Group, having served as Director of Biomedical Sciences Research Centre (1992-94) and Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences (1994-97). Professor Flatt is author of over 400 full scientific peer-reviewed papers on various aspects of diabetes and editor of 4 major diabetes research texts including New Antidiabetic Drugs (Smith-Gordon, 1990) and Nutrient Regulation of Insulin Secretion (Portland Press, 1992). He is founding Chairman (1991-) of the Islet Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Member of the EASD Council (1997-01), Scientific Secretary and Committee Member of Diabetes UK (1991-97; 2001-04) and member of the Grants Review Board of the Juvenile Diabetes Federation International (1996-99). Recipient: Mary Jane Kugal Award (1999) of Juvenile Diabetes Federation International, Biochemical Society Medal (2005), elected to membership of Royal Irish Academy (2006), University of Ulster Distinguished Senior Research Fellowship (2006) and Diabetes UK Dorothy Hodgkin Award Lecturer (2008). Patent holder, academic co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer/Director of Diabetica Ltd.