John W. Holloway

John William Holloway is a geneticist based at the University of Southampton, where he is professor of allergy and respiratory genetics, and was appointed associate vice-president interdisciplinary research in 2021. He leads a research team based within the human genetics and medical genomics theme of the School of Human Development & Health, Faculty of Medicine. Holloway is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Education Holloway obtained a BSc degree in biochemistry from the University of Otago in New Zealand in 1992. He then went on to carry out research with the University of Southampton and the Malaghan Institute, which resulted in his gaining a PhD from the University of Otago in 1997. His thesis focussed on the genetic basis of atopic asthma. He was also previously Associate Dean (Enterprise and International) and Associate Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton.

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Personal life Holloway is the son of Scottish anatomical pathologist Linda Holloway and forester John Stevenson Holloway, and the grandson of alpine explorer and forest ecologist John Thorpe Holloway. He is married to Judith Holloway, also a professor at Southampton, with whom he has two children.