Philip Campbell (scientist)

Dr Philip Campbell is the Editor-in-Chief of "Nature", the prominent scientific journal and is also Editor-in-Chief of Nature publications within the Nature Publishing Group.

Professional career

Born in 1951, Phil 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. [ [http://npg.nature.com/nature/about/editors/index.html Nature Publishing Group - about the editors] - retrieved 23 April 2008]

As Editor-in-Chief of "Nature" he heads a team of about 90 editorial staff around the world. He takes direct editorial responsibility for the content of "Nature"'s editorials, writing some of them. Philip Campbell is Nature's seventh Editor-in-Chief since the journal was launched in 1869. [ [http://www.nature.com/nature/history Nature Publishing Group - History of the Journal Nature] - retrieved 5 October 2008]

His role as Editor-in-Chief of Nature publications (of which there are many editorially independent journals and several websites) is to ensure that the quality and integrity appropriate to the Nature name are maintained, and that appropriate individuals are appointed as chief editors. He sits on the executive board of Nature's publishing company, the Nature Publishing Group.

Academic career

Dr Campbell graduated from the University of Bristol with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in aeronautical engineering in 1972. [Interview with Philip Campbell in "Nonesuch", the University of Bristol Alumni Magazine, Spring 2008] He then gained a Master of Science (MSc) in astrophysics at Queen Mary College, University of London [http://www.council.qmul.ac.uk/council/papers/07-08/221107/QM2007-25%20Honorary%20degrees%20etc.pdf Queen Mary College Council paper on Honorary Degrees and Fellowships] - retrieved 23 April 2008] before doing his Doctorate (PhD) in upper atmospheric physics at the University of Leicester. 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.

Fellowships and Honours

Dr 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 Leceister [ [http://www.le.ac.uk/ua/pr/press/naturehonour.html Leicester University press release June 1999] retrieved 23 April 2008] and in late 2007 was proposed for an honorary fellowship of Queen Mary College, University of London.. In 2008 he was awarded honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Bristol. [ [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2008/212017945437.html Bristol University Press Release July 2008] - retrieved 5 October 2008]

Other work

Dr Campbell has worked on issues relating to science and its impacts in society with the Office of Science and Innovation in the United Kingdom, the European Commission and the US National Institutes of Health. He is also a trustee of the charity Cancer Research UK and the chairman of the charity's Public Affairs and Campaigning Advisory Committee. [ [http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/aboutus/whoweare/howwearegoverned/trustees/ Cancer Research UK: How we are governed] - retrieved 23 April 2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.iop.org/Membership/Profiles/page_29527.html Institute of Physics: Member Profiles]