Douglas Vernimmen read Biology (BSc) and Molecular Biology (MSc) and gained his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Liège (Belgium) in 2003. Afterwards, he moved to the University of Oxford to work at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine as an MRC Postdoctoral fellow. He is now a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh where he is running his own research laboratory.

Beside his scientific work, Douglas is also the recipient of >400 awards and distinctions for his international contribution to Photography and the author of the Awards-Winning Photography Book ‘Oxford Through the Lens’ (ACC Art Books, published in October 2016; Contributors: Sir John Hood, Professor Joe M Crook and Colin Dexter). The commercial video of his book received >20 awards at international film festivals.

More recently, he used his artistic skills produce short documentaries to portray e.g. Student Experience or Laboratory Training of undergraduate students in Edinburgh.