!!Andrew Briggs - Curriculum vitae

[Full CV|briggs_andrews_CV_2012.pdf]
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__Higher Education__
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*1968-1971	Clothworkers’ Scholar, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, Physics, B.A., M.A.
*1973-1976	P.C.S. Group, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, Ph.D.
*1976-1979	Queens’ College Cambridge, Theology Tripos, Chase Prize for Greek
__Appointments__
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*1968	Glanzstoff A.G., Germany (Praktikant)
*1971-1973	Canford School, Dorset (Physics and RE, House Tutor)
*1979	Cambridge University, Engineering Department, Research Assistant
*1980-1982	Oxford University, Department of Metallurgy, Research Fellow
*1981-1993	Lecturer in Physics, St Catherine’s College, Oxford
*1982-1984	Research Associate, St Catherine’s College, Oxford
*1983-1984	Royal Society Research Fellow in the Physical Sciences
*1984-1996	Lecturer in Metallurgy and Science of Materials, University of Oxford
*1984-2002	Governing Body Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford
*1996-1999	Reader in Materials, University of Oxford 
*1999-2002	Professor of Materials, University of Oxford 
*2002-	Professor of Nanomaterials, University of Oxford
*2002-	Professorial Fellow, St Anne’s College, Oxford
*2002-2009	Director, Quantum Information Processing Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration, (QIP IRC) and EPSRC Professorial Research Fellow
*2003-	Emeritus Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford
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__Awards__
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*1986		Holliday Prize, Institute of Metals, ‘f''or his outstanding research and development in the field of scanning acoustic microscopy and for the application of this novel technique to the solution of materials problems''.’
*1994	Buehler Technical Paper Merit Award for Excellence. “Depth measurements of short cracks in perspex with the scanning acoustic microscope.” ''Materials Characterization'' __31__, 115-126 (1993), reprinted in ''Materials Characterization'' __39__, 653-644 (1997).
*1999	Metrology for World Class Manufacturing Awards: Winner (with Dr O.V. Kolosov), Category 1, Frontier Science and Measurement. “Ultrasonic Force Microscopy (UFM)”, ‘''Kolosov and Briggs have demonstrated the effect on various materials and shown that UFM is capable of both high resolution and quantitative measurement''.’
*1999	Honorary Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society. ‘''This award is in recognition of your many outstanding achievements in various scanned probe microscopy techniques and their applications to the study of the mechanical and structural properties of surfaces over a very wide dimensional scale. Your recent development of the ultrasonic force microscope is an example of your innovative achievements''.’
*2007	Oxfordshire Science Writing Competition: 2%%sup nd/% Prize for article ‘''Molecules are Real''.’
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__Professional Activities__
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*1985 British Council Visitor, New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee
*1986-1991 Council of Royal Microscopical Society, Chairman of Materials Section
*1988 Organiser, Royal Microscopical Society International STM Conference, Oxford
*1989-1991 Honorary Treasurer, Royal Microscopical Society
*1989-1992 Research Executive Committee, British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing
*1990, 1993 Visiting Faculty, Centre for Quantized Electronic Structures (QUEST), University of California at Santa Barbara
*1991 Select Preacher, Trinity Term, University of Oxford
*1992-2002 Professeur invité, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
*1993-1994 Special Lectureship, University of Oxford
*1995 Organiser, JSPS Symposium Science and Society, Oxford
*1996-2006 Director, Oxford Toppan Centre
*1997	Organiser, European Workshop on Surface Brillouin Spectroscopy, Oxford
*1997-1998	Visiting Scientist, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, California
*1998-2000	Chairman, Sub-Faculty of Materials, University of Oxford
*1999	Guest Editor, Ultrasonics
*1999-		Board of Electors, Wilde Lectureship in Natural and Comparative Religion
*2000-2002	External Examiner, Cranfield University, BSc (Hons) in Applied Science
*2000-2008	Founding Director and Vice-Chairman, OxLoc Ltd
*2001-	Board of Management, Ian Ramsey Centre, Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford
*2001-		Editorial Board, ''Science & Christian Belief''
*2002-		Editorial Board, ''Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science''
*2002		Visiting Professor, University of New South Wales
*2002-		Freeman, Clothworkers’ Company and City of London
*2003		International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Solid State Quantum Information Processing, Amsterdam
*2004-	Fellow, Institute of Physics
*2004	Organiser, Entanglement and Transfer of Quantum Information, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge
*2005-2006	Editorial Board, ''Nanotechnology''
*2005-		Liveryman, Clothworkers’ Company
*2005-		Guest Professor, State Key Laboratory, Wuhan University of Technology, China
*2006-9, 2010-13	EPSRC Peer Review College
*2006	International Scientific Advisory Committee, Symposium on Quantum Technologies, Cambridge
*2006-	Science & Engineering Fellowships Committee, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
*2007-9, 2011-13	International Board of Advisors, John Templeton Foundation
*2007	International Advisory Board, Workshop on Measurement-Based Quantum Computing, Oxford
*2008-	Engineering Panel, Newton International Fellowships
*2008-	Advisory Council, McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life
*2009-12	Editorial Board, ''Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics''
*2009	Quantum Information Science, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara.
*2010	Organiser, Quantum Physics and the Nature of Reality, Oxford, 26-29 September 2010.
*2010-12	Under a contract between Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) and the University of Oxford, I am developing the inaugural proposals from institutions world wide for grants from this major research foundation, which has assets of over $1.25B.