Kelly Bateman
Pathologist
Dr Kelly Bateman is an Invertebrate Pathologist at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) in the UK. Her work focuses on aquatic pathogens, and combines approaches based upon histopathology, transmission electron microscopy and molecular systematics for the classification of novel and emerging pathogens, in particular diseases of crustaceans. Kelly is leading the work of the Crustacean Health Theme within the OIE Collaborating Centre for Emerging Aquatic Animal Disease and the International Centre of Excellence for Aquatic Animal Health at Cefas. She has over 20 years’ experience in the diagnosis of disease in experimental, farmed and wild aquatic animals, with a special interest in the identification and characterisation of novel and emerging pathogens of crustaceans. Kelly is a Trustee for the Society for Invertebrate Pathology and an Associate Editor for the society journal, the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. Kelly is an author on over 50 peer-reviewed publications in the field of aquatic animal health.
Email: kelly.bateman@cefas.gov.uk
