CURRICULUM VITAE (July 2010)
NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PETER LEONARD READ
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 October 1953
WORK ADDRESS Atmospheric, Oceanic & Planetary Physics,
Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford.
OX1 3PU
TELEPHONE (01865) 272082
FAX: (01865) 272923
E-MAIL: p.read1@physics.ox.ac.uk
HOME ADDRESS 22 Balliol Close, Tackley, Oxon. OX5 3AS
Tel: (01869) 331383
Married with two children
DEGREES HELD
B.Sc. (Hons Class I) Physics University of Birmingham 1975
Ph. D. Radioastrononomy University of Cambridge 1980
M.A. University of Oxford 1990
EMPLOYMENT
1979 Higher Scientific Officer, High Atmosphere Branch (Met O 19),
Meteorological Office, Bracknell, Berkshire - studies of the `umkehr' inversion technique for measurement of stratospheric ozone and NO
1979 - 1980 Meteorological Office College, Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire - Scientific Officers Course (introduction to theoretical and operational meteorology)
1980 - 1988 Research Scientist (promoted to Senior Scientific Officer 1983, Principal Scientific Officer 1985), Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Meteorological Office, Bracknell, Berkshire - laboratory, numerical and theoretical studies of the dynamics of rotating fluids, and applications to planetary atmospheres and oceans.
1988 - 1991 Research Scientist and Head of Meteorological Office Unit (1990-1991), Robert Hooke Institute, University of Oxford - establishing a Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Oxford.
1991 - present University Lecturer, Dept. of Physics (Atmospheric, Oceanic & Planetary Physics), University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor in Physics, Trinity College, Oxford. Head of Geophysical and Planetary Fluid Dynamics group.
2001 Senior Tutor, Trinity College, Oxford
2002 – 2003 Dean, Trinity College, Oxford.
2005 – 2006 Vice-President, Trinity College, Oxford.
2008 - Head of sub-Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Planetary
Physics, University of Oxford (from 1 August 2008)
HONOURS & PRIZES
1. Fellow by Special Election, St Cross College, Oxford (1989-1991)
2. Titular Reader in Physics, University of Oxford (1999-present)
3. Golden Badge Award, European Geophysical Society (2001) – for distinguished service as Chairman of IWG I (Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics).
4. Titular Professor of Physics, University of Oxford (2002 – present)
5. Visiting Professor, UniversitŽ Aix et Marseille II, France (2003)
6. Visiting Professor, ƒcole Normale SupŽrieure, France (2007)
7. Adrian Gill Prize, Royal Meteorological Society (2008)
8. NASA Group Achievement Award, Cassini CIRS team (2009)
OTHER POSTS & APPOINTMENTS
(i) Co-convenor of symposium on 'Long-lived Eddies in Atmospheres and Oceans' at the European Geophysical Society General Assembly, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (April 1984)
(ii) Co-convener for planetary atmospheres, Royal Society Planetary Science Working Group (1987-1989)
(iii) Committee member of the Dynamical Problems Specialist Group of the Royal Meteorological Society (1987 - present; Secretary 1988-94)
(iv) Member of NASA Instrument Definition Science Team for the imaging facility instrument on the proposed NASA/ESA Cassini spacecraft mission to Saturn and Titan (1988-1989)
(v) Secretary to the University Grants Committee Review of Meteorology (1988-1989)
(vi) Local convener of a symposium 'The Meteorology and Climate of Mars' at the IAMAP General Assembly, Reading (August 1989).
(vii) Secretary, Hooke Institute Steering Group (overseeing body for liaison between the Robert Hooke Institute, Oxford, and the participating external organisations - Oxford University, Meteorological Office and NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences) (1990-1991).
(viii) Invited Lecturer at Summer School on ÔRotating Fluids in Geophysical and Industrial ApplicationsÕ International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Udine, Italy (July 1991).
(ix) Co-convener of symposium 'Coherent Structures and Turbulence in Geophysical Fluids and Plasmas' at the European Geophysical Society General Assembly, Edinburgh (April 1992)
(x) Co-convener of symposia 'Atmospheres of the terrestrial and outer planets' at the European Geophysical Society General Assemblies in Wiesbaden (May 1993), Grenoble (May 1994) and Hamburg (April 1995)
(xi) Elected Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Working Group I (Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics) of the European Geophysical Society for 1996-2000.
(xii) Member of the Commission on Planetary Atmospheres and their Evolution (ICPAE) of the International Association for Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (IAMAS) (1995 – present)
(xiii) Participating Scientist on the Pressure-Modulator Infrared Radiometer (PMIRR) Experiment on the NASA Mars Observer Mission (1992-93).
(xiv) Co-Investigator on the Composite Infrared Spectrometer instrument (CIRS) on the NASA/ESA Cassini mission to Saturn (1993 - present).
(xv) Associate Editor Surveys in Geophysics, appointed for 1996-2006.
(xvi) Co-Investigator on the Pressure-Modulator Infrared Radiometer (PMIRR) for the NASA Mars Climate Orbiter mission (1996 - 1999).
(xvii) Associate Editor Physics & Chemistry of the Earth, appointed for 1996-2001.
(xviii) Member of Expert Panel for HYDRALAB consortium (EU Concerted Action Programme in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics and Hydraulics) (1998-2000)
(xix) Elected Ordinary Member of Council of the Royal Meteorological Society, October 1999-2002.
(xx) Organizer of main meeting of the Royal Meteorological Society on ÔMeteorology of the Sun and PlanetsÕ (December 1999)
(xxi) Convener of symposium ÔAchievements and directions in nonlinear geophysics:Ô at the European Geophysical Society General Assembly in Nice (April 2000),
(xxii) Associate Editor Quart. J. R. Met. Soc., 2000-2005.
(xxiii) NASA Discovery Mission Science Panel (November 2000)
(xxiv) NASA Planetary Atmospheres Peer Review Panel (August 2004)
(xxiv) Co-Editor Quart. J. R. Met. Soc., 2005 – 2008.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- Fellow of Royal Astronomical Society (since 1980)
- Fellow of Royal Meteorological Society (since 1980)
- Member of European Geophysical Society/European Geosciences Union (since 1982)
- Member of Royal College of Organists (since 1978)
- Member of Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Association (since 2008)
- Member of American Geophysical Union (since 2009)
Invited lectures and presentations (since 2001)