Higher Education: University of Cambridge. PhD, Geophysics, 1977-81 University of Sussex. BSc, Mathematical-Physics, 1974-7 Positions: Chair of Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, 1994- Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, 1983-94 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, 1981-3 Selected Honours: Order of the British Empire, 2018 Price Medal, Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), 2013 Asteroid named after me by the International Astronomical Union, 2006 Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2005 Gauss Professor, Göttingen Academy of Sciences, 1998 Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1997 Research: 72 peer-reviewed journal papers, 3 book chapters. Grants ~£1.75M from research councils, charities and industry. Led 2 Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) consortia. 3 named lectures given, 27 invited presentations at conferences, meetings and workshops. Supervised 18 research students. External examiner of 23 theses. Journal Editor: Geophys. Astrophy. Fluid Dyn., Guest, 1991-2; Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 1992-2006; PAGEOPH, 1994-8; J. Geophys. Res., 1998-2001; Roy. Soc. Open Sci., 2014- Selected Administration: President, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 2019-23 (Vice-President 2015-9) Research reviews of University of Helsinki, 2019; GFZ Potsdam, 2013, 2018; Uppsala University, 2017; DTU Space, 2016; Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 2014; Danish Space Science, 2008 Royal Society Research Appointment Panel, 2008-2010, 2016-8 European Space Agency Swarm Mission Advisory and Quality Working Groups, 2007- NERC Science Innovation and Strategy Board, 2006-9, Training Advisory Board, 2012-9 President, International Association for Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, 2011-5, previously Vice-President, Executive Committee Member President, RAS, 2004-6, previously Vice-President, Secretary, Council member Council member, European Union of Geosciences, 1997-2002 Chair, Scientific Programme Committee, IUGG XXII General Assembly, 1996-9