Philip Campbell (scientist)
Philip Campbell | |
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Born |
Philip Henry Montgomery Campbell 19 April 1951[1] |
Alma mater | University of Bristol, Queen Mary, University of London, University of Leicester, Shrewsbury School |
Employer | Nature Publishing Group, Rockefeller University, Cancer Research UK, Springer Nature |
Spouse(s) | Charis Thompson (m. 2014)[1] |
Awards | Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Knight Bachelor |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Thesis | The influence of the ionosphere on low frequency radio wave propagation (1979) |
Doctoral advisor | Tudor Jones[2] |
Known for | Editor-in-Chief of Nature |
Website nature |
Sir Philip Henry Montgomery Campbell, FInstP (born 19 April 1951) is a British astrophysicist and academic. He is the editor-in-chief of the science journal Nature, part of Nature Publishing Group.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Early life and education
Campbell was born on 19 April 1951 and educated at Shrewsbury School.[1] He went on to study aeronautical engineering at the University of Bristol, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1972.[11] He then gained a Master of Science (MSc) in astrophysics at Queen Mary, University of London[12] before doing his PhD in upper atmospheric physics at the University of Leicester supervised by Tudor Jones while working at the Royal Aircraft Establishment.[2] His doctoral and postdoctoral research was on the physics of the ionized upper atmosphere and effects on radio propagation, using the latter as a probe of the lower ionosphere.[13][14]
Career
Campbell began working at Nature in 1979 and was appointed physical sciences editor in 1982. After leaving the journal in 1988 to start the publication Physics World, the membership magazine of the Institute of Physics, he returned to Nature as Editor-in-Chief in 1995, succeeding John Maddox.[15][16][17][18] He heads a team of about 90 editorial staff around the world.[19] He takes direct editorial responsibility for the content of Nature's editorials, writing some of them. He is the seventh editor-in-chief since the journal was launched in 1869.[20] He is also editor-in-chief of Nature publications. In that role he is responsible for ensuring that the quality and integrity appropriate to the Nature name are maintained, for overseeing editorial policies, and for ensuring that appropriate individuals are appointed as chief editors of Nature journals.
Other work
Campbell has worked on issues relating to science and its impacts in society with the Office of Science and Innovation in the UK, the European Commission and the U.S. National Institutes of Health. For ten years until 2012, he was a trustee of the charity Cancer Research UK and the chairman of the charity's Public Policy Advisory Group.[21] He was a visiting scholar at Rockefeller University in spring 2008.[22]
Campbell was appointed a member of an independent panel established in February 2010 by the University of East Anglia to investigate the controversy surrounding the publication of emails sent by staff at the university's Climatic Research Unit (CRU). Due to publicity about a 2009 interview with Chinese State Radio[23] during which he expressed support for the CRU scientists, he resigned just hours after the panel was launched.[24]
Campbell is chair of the board of trustees of the research-funding charity MQ: Transforming mental health.[25] He is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Mental Health.
Awards and honours
Campbell is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (elected in 1979), and of the Institute of Physics (elected in 1995). In 1999 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of Leicester,[26] an honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Bristol in 2008, and an honorary fellowship of Queen Mary, University of London, in 2009.[12][27] He was also elected a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge.
In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor 'for services to Science', and therefore granted the title 'Sir'.[28][29] He has been an Honorary Professor Peking Union Medical College since 2009.
Personal life
In January 2010 he was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3.[30] He married the American academic Charis Thompson in 2014.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 CAMPBELL, Philip Henry Montgomery. Who's Who. 2016 (online edition via Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription required)
- 1 2 Campbell, Philip (1979). The influence of the ionosphere on low frequency radio wave propagation (PhD thesis). University of Leicester. OCLC 504739246.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 26, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
- ↑ Philip Campbell's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier. (subscription required)
- ↑ Campbell, P (2011). "Understanding the receivers and the reception of science's uncertain messages". Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences. 369 (1956): 4891–912. Bibcode:2011RSPTA.369.4891C. doi:10.1098/rsta.2011.0068. PMID 22042903.
- ↑ Atlas, R; Campbell, P; Cozzarelli, N. R.; Curfman, G; Enquist, L; Fink, G; Flanagin, A; Fletcher, J; George, E; Hammes, G; Heyman, D; Inglesby, T; Kaplan, S; Kennedy, D; Krug, J; Levinson, R; Marcus, E; Metzger, H; Morse, S. S.; O'Brien, A; Onderdonk, A; Poste, G; Renault, B; Rich, R; Rosengard, A; Salzburg, S; Scanlan, M; Shenk, T; Tabor, H; et al. (2003). "Statement on scientific publication and security". Science. 299 (5610): 1149. doi:10.1126/science.299.5610.1149. PMID 12595658.
- ↑ Greely, H; Sahakian, B; Harris, J; Kessler, R. C.; Gazzaniga, M; Campbell, P; Farah, M. J. (2008). "Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy". Nature. 456 (7223): 702–5. doi:10.1038/456702a. PMID 19060880.
- ↑ Multidisciplinarity in Climate Change research - a Nature editorial perspective by Philip Campbell on YouTube, SacklerColloquia
- ↑ Nature's new look: The story behind our redesign by Philip Campbell on YouTube, Nature Video
- ↑ Interview with Philip Campbell in Nonesuch, the University of Bristol Alumni Magazine, Spring 2008
- 1 2 Queen Mary College Council paper on Honorary Degrees and Fellowships Council.qmul.ac.uk, retrieved 23 April 2008
- ↑ Institute of Physics. "Dr Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief". Iop.org. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ↑ "Philip Campbell". Edge.org. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ↑ Campbell, Philip (2009). "John Maddox 1925-2009". Nature. 458 (7240): 807. doi:10.1038/458807a. PMID 19378388.
- ↑ Campbell, P (2009). "Maddox by his successor". Nature. 458 (7241): 985–6. doi:10.1038/458985a. PMID 19396137.
- ↑ Anon (1995). "New editor is appointed at Nature". Nature. 375 (6526): 3–3. Bibcode:1995Natur.375....3.. doi:10.1038/375003b0.
- ↑ Campbell, P. (1995). "Postscript from a new hand". Nature. 378 (6558): 649–649. Bibcode:1995Natur.378..649C. doi:10.1038/378649b0.
- ↑ Greene, Mott (2007). "The demise of the lone author: During the editorship of Philip Campbell (1995 onwards), the single author has all but disappeared". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature06243.
- ↑ "homepage : History of the Journal Nature". Nature.com. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 15, 2006. Retrieved July 18, 2006.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
- ↑ "Exclusive Interview with Dr. Philip Campbell". English.cri.cn. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ↑ Batty, David and Adam, David. "Climate emails review panellist quits after his impartiality questioned", The Guardian, 12 February 2010; Clarke, Tom. "'Climate-gate' review member resigns", Channel 4 News, 11 February 2010; Climategate e-mails inquiry under way, BBC News, 11 February 2010.
- ↑ "Sir Philip Campbell, PhD - Chair". Jionmq.org. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ↑ "Administration: NATURE EDITOR TO RECEIVE UNIVERSITY HONOUR". Le.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ↑ "Bristol University - News - 2008: Honorary degrees". Bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61256. p. B2. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ↑ Cressey, Daniel (2015). "Nature's editor knighted for services to science". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2015.17757.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Philip Campbell". BBC. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
Preceded by John Maddox |
Editor in Chief of Nature 1995–present |
Incumbent |