Professor John Beddington's Curriculum Vitae
Academic Appointments
- 2008 onwards: The Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the Government Office for Science.
- 1991 to 2007: Professor in Applied Population Biology, Imperial College, London.
- 2001 to 2004: Head of Department, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Imperial College, London.
- 1998 to 2001: Director of T H Huxley School of Environment, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Imperial College of Science, London. The College restructured into conventional Faculties in 2001 and the School was dissolved.
- 1994 to 1997: Director of Centre for Environmental Technology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London (ICCET). The centre was merged with the Huxley School in 1998.
Recent External Appointments and Awards
- 2005 to 2007: Chairman Science Advisory Council, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
- 2004: Awarded CMG.
- 2004 to 2006: Royal Society - Chairman Sectional Committee 9.
- 2004: Member of three-person Advisory Group to advise Department for International Development on the Role of Science in Development.
- 2003 to 2004: Member of the Advisory Panel for the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit Study on the Future of UK Fisheries.
- 2003 to 2007: Chairman Ministry of Defence Committee on the use of depleted uranium (classified).
- 2002 to 2003: Member of Royal Society Panel on Biodiversity.
- 2002 to date: Member of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council, Ministry of Defence.
- 2002 to 2005: Member of Natural Environment Research Council Executive Board.
- 2002: to date: Member of an Advisory Panel to assist the Civil Contingencies Secretariat.
- 2002: Member of the Advisory Panel to DFID on Future Research Strategy for the Department
- 2002: Advisor to the UK National Audit Office in a study on Fisheries Monitoring, Control and Surveillance.
- 2001: Elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
- 2000 to 2006: Member of Natural Environment Research Council.
