Tom Clarke is Professor at School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich.

His key interests lie in the characterisation of enzymes that contain metal cofactors, principally enzymes involved in bacterial respiration. These include soluble cytoplasmic and periplasmic proteins, integral membrane proteins as well as extracellular membrane associated proteins that interact with the environment.

In collaboration with colleagues in the Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, his research combines a broad range of biological, biochemical and biophysical techniques to explore protein-protein interactions, electron transfer between cofactors and the mechanism of enzyme catalysis.