Professor Mike Murphy

MitoQ molecule co-creator, Professor of Mitochondrial Redox Biology at the University of Cambridge MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci), and an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Dr Mike Murphy, pHD microbiologist

Meet: Professor Mike Murphy

He’s the co-creator of MitoQ, Professor of Mitochondrial Redox Biology at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci), and an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. In short: he’s an amazing source of knowledge when it comes to understanding how MitoQ supports mitochondrial health – and the health of your body overall.

Career background

Mike Murphy received his B.A. in chemistry at Trinity College, Dublin in 1984 and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at The University of Cambridge in 1987. After stints in the US, Zimbabwe, and Ireland he took up a faculty position in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand in 1992. In 2001 he moved to the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit in Cambridge, UK (then called the MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit) where he is a group leader. Murphy’s research focuses on the roles of reactive oxygen species in mitochondrial function and pathology. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers.

“"If your cells are healthy, you are healthy. Combatting cell stress is the fundamental step to keeping our cells healthy and our bodies functioning well. If you're interested in combatting cell stress, you should read about MitoQ."”