Professor David Bass is a Principal Scientist at Cefas, where he leads the animal and human health science theme. He is Honorary Full Professor in the College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Exeter University, Chair of the Defra DNA Centre of Excellence, serves on the Advisory Board for the UK Microbial Forensics Consortium, and is a Principal Investigator for the Defra/UKRI-funded genomics of animal and plant pathogens consortium. Key areas of expertise are genomics, pathogen biology, aquatic animal and plant diseases, molecular biology and ecology, eDNA, biodiversity and phylogenetics, and microbiology. He has developed pathobiome and One Health/systems approaches for better understanding and management of aquatic systems and for coastal ecosystem health.
Publications: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Rl2bCwEAAAAJ&hl=en