John Woods#
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| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 2008-presentCNR (Italia n National Research Council)Associate
- 1996–present Plymouth Marine Laboratory Research fellow
- Research fellow, Southampton Oceanography Centre
- 1994-present University of Southampton
- Emeritus prof. oceanography & complex systems (since 2005)
- Head, Container World research project (2001-2004)
- Head, Complex System Modelling research group (2002-6)
- Dean of the Graduate School of Environment (1994-7)
- Head of Earth Resources Engineering Dept (1994-6)
- 1994-present Imperial College London Professor of Oceanography (1994-2005)
- 1993–now Oxford University Fellow Linacre College
- Director Marine & Atmospheric Sciences (Grade 3)
- 1989-94, NERC (UK Natural Environment Research Council)
- Kultusministerium, Beamter H4 (civil servant for life)
- Institut für Meereskunde, Director, Regional Oceanography
- 1977-86 University of Kiel, Germany, Ordinarius in Oceanography
- 1972-77 Southampton University, Professor of Physical Oceanography
- 1966-72 Meteorological Office, Senior/Principal Research Fellow
- 1964-66 Imperial College, Post-doctoral research assistant
Fields of Scholarship
- oceanography
- meteorology
- climatology
- physics
- plankton ecology
- modelling
Honours and Awards
- 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)
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