Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson, (Professor Brian Frederick Gilbert Johnson), born 11 September 1938, is a scientist in the field of inorganic chemistry. Until his retirement he was professor of Chemistry at Cambridge University.
He has been a fellow of the Royal Society since 1991. [1]
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Professor Johnson was a member of the scientific advisory board of SMC between 2002-2012.
Professor Johnson was Chairman of PUSET, which was set up by the former government department, the Office of Science and Technology (OST), to improve dialogue between scientists and the public and “demonstrate the relevance of science, engineering and technology (SET) to people's daily lives and its importance to the economy”. [2] PUSET, as part of the OST, paid COPUS to run a grant scheme on its behalf. COPUS was a funder of SMC between 2003-2006. [2] The University of Cambridge and EPSRC were also funders.
Career
- 1963: Fulbright scholarship, MIT
- 1964: Postdoctoral fellowship, University of Manchester
- 1967-70: Postdoctoral fellowship, University College London
- 1970: Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge
- 1970: Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cambridge
- 1972-77: College Steward, University of Cambridge
- 1978: Promoted to Reader, University of Cambridge
- 1986-1988: Dean of Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge
- 1988-89: President of Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge
- 1989-91: Acting Master, Fitzwilliam College University of Cambridge
- 1990-1995: Crum Brown Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
- 1992-1995: Head of Chemistry Department, University of Edinburgh
- 1995-1970: Chair of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cambridge
- 1999: Master of Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge
Affiliations, awards and publications
Affiliations
- 1994-1999: Member of Council of EPSRC
- 1994-1999: Member Technical Opportunities Panel EPSRC
- 1993-97: Member of TOP
- 1998: Chairman of PUSET (Public Understanding of Science, Engineering and Technology) [4]
- 1997: President of Dalton Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry – served on several committees
Served on NATO Panel for European Institutes and Workshops as Chairman and Committee Member Editorial Boards: Dalton Transactions, European Journal of Chemistry, Transition Metal Chemistry, European Journal of Chemistry, Transition Metal Chemistry and Inorganica Chimica Acta.
Awards
- 1984: Corday–Morgan Medal, Tilden Medal
- 1986: The Royal Society of Chemistry Prize for Transition Metal Chemistry
- 1991: Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1992: Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the Academia Europa
- 1998: Grand Cross of Brazil for his contributions to Science
- 2003: Edward Frankland Medal
Publications
[3] Professor Johnson has published over 1000 articles and papers. He is amongst the top 25 most cited Physical Scientists in the UK and the top 100 worldwide.
Notes
- ↑ Fellows Royal Society, accessed 20 September 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Written evidence from OST Parliamentary select committee on Science and Technology, June 2002, accessed 10 September 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Pierre Harvey [Honouring Brian F. G. Johnson FRS, FRSE, FRSC, F. Acad. Europa] Journal of Cluster Science, Volume 17, Issue 1, pp 1-3, March 2006, accessed 10 September 2013
- ↑ [1] PUSET, accessed 10 September 2013
