Malcolm D. Richardson is Director of the

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Reference Centre,

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and an honorary Professor of Medical Mycology at the

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. He was formerly an Associate Professor in Medical Mycology at the

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. He was editor-in-chief of the journal ''

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'' from 2008 to 2014. He was President of the International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) from 2015 to 2018, and has been President of the Institute of Specialist Surveyors and Engineers since 2013. He has an

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of 57.

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