| Activity | Education:
Barham Primary School, Wembley (1964); Ealing Grammar School for Boys (1964-1971); Van Mildert College, University of Durham, BSc in mathematics and physics (1974); Magdalen College, University of Oxford, DPhil in astrophysics (1977)
Career:
Lindemann Fellow, Astronomy Department, University of California Berkeley (1977-1978); Junior Research Lecturer, Christ Church College and Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford (1977-1980); Miller Fellow, Physics Department, University of California Berkeley (1980-1981); Lecturer, Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex (1981-1988); Nuffield Foundation Science Fellow, University of Sussex (1986-1987); Senior Lecturer, (1988-1989), Reader (1989); Professor (1989-1999); Acting Director (1989-1990); Director (1995-1999), Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex; Royal Society Leverhulme Fellow, University of Sussex (1992-1993); PPARC Senior Fellow, University of Sussex (1994-1999); Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge (1999-2020); Director, Millennium Mathematics Project, University of Cambridge (1999-2020); Professorial Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge University (1999-2020); Vice President, Clare Hall, Cambridge University (2004-2007); Gresham Professor of Astronomy (and other Physical Sciences), Gresham College, London (2003-2007); First Eastern Visiting Cambridge Professor (China and Hong Kong) (2005); Li Ka Shing Foundation Visiting Scholar (China and Hong Kong) (2006); Emeritus Professor of Astronomy, Gresham College, (2007-2008); Gresham Professor of Geometry, Gresham College, London (2008-2012), Emeritus (2012-2015) only the second person to have held chairs in two different subjects at Gresham College since its foundation in 1596, the first was Laurence Rooke in 1657; President, British Science Association, Physics and Astronomy Section (2008-2009), Mathematics Section (2011-2012); Fellow of Gresham College, London (2007-2010, 2012-2016, 2016-2018), Honorary Felloe (2018-2020); Dean, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, (2017-2020), Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow, Leverhulme Trust appointed for 2020-2022, passed away from colon cancer 2020.
Honours:
Honorary Citizen, City of Louisville, Kentucky 2006
Memberships:
RAS (Coucil 1999-2002); Institute of Physics (FInstP 1998); International Astronomical Union (1999); Royal Society of Arts (FRSA, 1999); International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR, 2002); Academia Europaea (2009); L'Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences (2009); International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR, 2017);
Pontifical Academy of Sciences (2019)
Medals/Awards:
Durham University Mathematical Prize 1973; Durham University Prize 1974; Collingwood Mathematical Prize (Durham University and London Mathematical Society) 1974; Johnson Memorial Prize (Oxford University) 1975; Wallace Research Prize (Oxford University) 1977; Gravity Prize (5th), Gravity Foundation Awards 1979; Gravity Prize (3rd), Gravity Foundation Awards 1981; Nominated for the Bhappu Prize of the International Astronomical Union by the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society 1986/7; Samuel Locker Award in Astronomy 1989; Gravity Prize (4th), Gravity Foundation Awards 1993; Gravity Prize (5th), Gravity Foundation Awards 1997; Kelvin Medal, Royal Glasgow Philosophical Society, 1999; Wellcome Sci-art 2000 Award, 2000; Italian Theatre Awards, Premi Ubu 2002 Prize for best play (awarded for Infinities); Italgas Prize for Promulgation of Science 2003, (awarded for Infinities); Lacchini Prize and Medal of the Unione Astrofili Italiani 2005; Queen's Anniversary Prize 2006 (to Millennium Mathematics Project); Templeton Prize, Templeton Foundation 2006; Gresham Prize, Mercers Company and Corporation of London 2009 (also to Millennium Mathematics Project); Kelvin Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, 2009; Premio Oriente Science (Prize), Colletti Foundation 2010; Merck-Serono Prize for Science and Literature, Merck-Serono, Italy, 2011; Gravity Research Foundation Research Essay 3rd Prize 2011; Christopher Zeeman Medal, London Mathematical Society and IMA, 2011; Premio Antico Pignolo (Literary Prize), Venice 2012; Dirac Gold Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics 2015; Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016; Physics Letters Journal: Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Award, 2017; Giuseppe Occhialini Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics and the Italian Physical Society, 2019 |