John David Woods - Curriculum Vitae#

CBE, Ph.D., D.I.C., A.R.C.S., B.Sc., Hon.D.Sc. (Liège, Plymouth, Southampton)
FRGS, FRMetS, Member Academia Europæa, Nobel Peace Prize

Emeritus Professor of Oceanography & Complex Systems, Imperial College London, Earth Science and Engineering, South Kensington campus, SW7 2AZ
Associate (Emeritus Researcher), CNR-ISMAR, Genova, Italy

Personal details

Born: Brighton, (Sussex, England) 26 October 1939
Address: 37 Via Antica Romana di Quinto, Genova 16166, Italy, +44 (0)7525056867

Education

• 1947-49 Chailey hospital for polio survivors
• 1949-51 Hove College (Prep school)
• 1951-58 Hove Grammar School
• 1958-64 Physics Department, Imperial College, London University

Career

• 1964-66 Imperial College, Post-doctoral research assistant
• 1966-72 Meteorological Office, Senior/Principal Research Fellow
• 1972-77 Southampton University, Professor of Physical Oceanography
• 1977-86 University of Kiel, Germany, Ordinarius in Oceanography
• Institut für Meereskunde, Director, Regional Oceanography
• Kultusministerium, Beamter H4 (civil servant for life)
• 1989-94, NERC (UK Natural Environment Research Council)
• Director Marine & Atmospheric Sciences (Grade 3)
• 1993–now Oxford University Fellow Linacre College
• 1994-present Imperial College London Professor of Oceanography (1994-2005)
• Head of Earth Resources Engineering Dept (1994-6)
• Dean of the Graduate School of Environment (1994-7)
• Head, Complex System Modelling research group (2002-6)
• Head, Container World research project (2001-2004)
• Emeritus prof. oceanography & complex systems (since 2005)
• 1994-present University of Southampton
• Hon. Professor of Oceanography
• Research fellow, Southampton Oceanography Centre
• 1996–present Plymouth Marine Laboratory Research fellow
• 2008-presentCNR (Italia n National Research Council)Associate

Service to the UK scientific community

Royal Society committees Ocean Research (1976-77, 1986-now), Phys. Sciences Ocean (chief Brit. delegate 1975), World Climate Res. Progr. (1986-89), Geodesy & Geophys (1976-77), Geosphere Biosphere Progr. (1988-92), Environment (1990-92) Royal Meteorological Society, (FRMetS 1966, Council 1972-76, VP 1996-98) Royal Geographical Society, (FRGS 1966, Council 1975-77, 87-91, VP 1989-91) Meteorological Office, Research Sub-Committee (1976-77 , 1987-95) NERC Member of Council (1979-82), Chair Meteorology, Oceanography & Hydrology (1979-82), Chair: Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme (1995-99) Cabinet Office Coordinating Comm. for Marine Science & Technology (1987-91) Office of Science & Technology Foresight Marine Panel (1998-2005), Inter-Agency Comm. for Marine Science and Technology (1991-94, chair for international affairs).

Service to the European scientific community

ESF-EC European Committee for Ocean & Polar Science 1989-96, chair 1995-96
ESF EuroGOOS (chair 1994-9, president 1999-2004 )
EC GOOS (Chair, Scientific advisory board)
MAMA and GRAND projects (Chair: Scientific Advisory Panel)
International Marine Centre (Scientific Advisory Board)
Academia Europæa Foundation member & convenor for marine sciences

Service to the international scientific community

ICSU: Climate Change and the Ocean (1979-84), Global Atmospheric Research Programme (1976-79), World Climate Research Programme (1980-86), World Ocean Circulation Experiment (chair 1984-86), International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (1987-90), Advisory Committee on the Environment (1990-95) Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change Lead author, 1st scientific assess.1989 Inter-Gov.Oceanography Comm. Chair, Global Ocean Observing System (1992-95 ), OECD - Megascience Forum (Coordinator oceanography 1992-94 ) World Bank - Global Environment Fund (STAP Chair International Waters 1994-97) ICES (WG on Modelling Physics-Biology Interactions, Chair NEG 2001-present)

Lectures

Iselin (Harvard1989), Academia Europæa (1989), Ballard Matthews (1989), Wakeford (1990), Linacre (1991), Adye (1991), EGS (1992), Gaskell (1992), Bruun (UNESCO 1993, 2000) Plymouth Marine Science (1993), Southampton Oceanography (1995), IEEE (1997), Cabot (1997).

Honours

• 1968 L.G.Groves prize, Meteorological Office, Ministry of Defence.
• 1968 Back Prize, Royal Geographical Society
• 1980 Hon D.Sc., University of Liège, Belgium
• 1982 Silver medal, University of Helsinki
• 1988 Elected foundation member Academia Euopæa
• 1991 Hon. D.Sc., University of Plymouth
• 1991 C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
• 1992 Gaskell medal, Royal Meteorological Society
• 1993 Silver medal, Plymouth Marine Sciences
• 1996 Founder’s Gold Medal, Royal Geographical Society
• 1998 Research fellow of Plymouth Marine Laboratory
• 2004 Hon. D.Sc., University of Southampton
• 2007 Nobel Peace Prize (share, as lead author IPCC)

Some recent activities

• 1989 Prime Minister Thatcher's seminar on global change (led on the ocean)
• 1989 President Mitterand's “Planète Terre” French Bicent. Conf. (chair for ocean)
• 1990 Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (lead author science assess.)
• 1990 Second World Climate Conference (launch Global Ocean Observing System)
• 1988-93 National Oceanography Centre (founder, chaired planning committee)
• 1991 French Premier Rocard’s seminar on Science in Europe (invited speaker)
• 1995 Min. Defence and NERC (founded CAROS, for coordinating Ocean Science)
• 1994 Imperial College (founding Dean, Graduate School of the Environment)
• 2001 Won OST Foresight Link competition to fund the Container World project
• 2004 Organised Environment & Society conference for leaders in govt. & industry