Carole Jordan#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1412 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/CaroleJordan |
Carole Jordan passed away February 3, 2026.
Positions Held
- 2003 - 2008 head of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford
- University of Oxford: reader in physics, 1994–96, professor of physics 1996-
- 1976 Wolfson Tutorial Fellow in Natural Science, Somerville College, Oxford
- Astrophysics Research Unit, Culham Laboratory
- Post-doctoral research assistant, 1969–1971
- Senior Scientific Officer, 1971–1973
- Principal Scientific Officer, 1973–1976
- 1966 - 1969 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Astronomy, UCL
Fields of Scholarship
- Theoretical Astrophysics & Plasma Physics
- Astrophysics
Honours and Awards
- 1973 Fellow of the Institute of Physics, 1973
- 1990 Fellow of the Royal Society, 1990
- 1994 - 1997Member of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
- 1994 - 1996President of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 2005 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 2006 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), 2006
