Jonathan Kelvin Ball is professor of molecular virology at the University of Nottingham. His research relates to emerging viruses, viral vaccines and treatments, and blood-borne infections. He is also Director of the Centre for Global Virus Research at the University of Nottingham.
He graduated from Bristol Polytechnic with a BSc in Applied Biological Sciences in 1987 and completed his PhD in virology at the University of Warwick in 1994, he competed on the 2019 University Challenge Christmas series for the latter institution. Wikipedia
Source: Jonathan Ball (2020) cited in " Coronavirus Update: Virus Confirmed In 15 Countries As China’s Death Toll Rises https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/coronavirus-update-virus-confirmed-in-15-countries-as-chinas-death-toll-rises-/" on IFL Science!, 27 January 2020.
