Ian Charles OBE is Director of the Quadram Institute in Norwich, UK. The Institute combines Quadram Institute Bioscience (the former Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Institute of Food Research) and the endoscopy centre of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It is closely allied with the University of East Anglia and the BBSRC. Charles' field of research is infectious diseases and the microbiome and its impact on health and well-being.[1]
Charles was an awarded an OBE in 2023.[2]