Mark Smith (physicist)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Warwick | |
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In office 1 May 2010 – 31 December 2011 | |
Succeeded by | Koen Lamberts |
Personal details | |
Born | Mark Edmund Smith |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Materials physics | |
Thesis | A high resolution multinuclear magnetic resonance study of ceramic phases (1987) |
Mark Edmund Smith,
Early life and education
Smith was born and brought up in Suffolk, England.[3] studied natural sciences at Churchill College, Cambridge, and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[4] He undertook postgraduate research in physics at the University of Warwick, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.[5]
Smith began his career as an application scientist and worked for Bruker Analytische Messtechnik (part of the
Academic career
Smith's research specialises in
In 1992, Smith returned to England and began his academic career, having been appointed a lecturer at the University of Kent.[4] He was later promoted to reader in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance.[3]
In 1998, Smith moved to the
Lancaster University
On 5 August 2011, Smith was announced as the next
University of Southampton
In April 2019, it was announced that Smith would be moving to the University of Southampton as its next President and Vice-Chancellor. He took up the appointments on 1 October 2019.[11]
External appointments
Outside of his university work, Smith has held a number of appointments. In 2012 and 2013, he chaired a review into the content of
Honours
Smith is an elected
References
- ^ "Financial Statements 2022-2023" (PDF). University of Southampton. p. 30.
- ^ "Outrage at uni's choice to host in-person exams for few subjects 'picked at random'". 12 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Professor Mark E. Smith". Biographies. N8 Research Partnership. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Vice Chancellor". Officers of the University. Lancaster University. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "Professor Mark Smith". Council members. Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Prof. Mark E. Smith". Department of Physics. University of Warwick. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Professor Mark Smith". Department of Chemistry. Lancaster University. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Professor Mark Smith". insite. University of Warwick. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Lancaster appoints Professor Mark Smith as new Vice-Chancellor". News Archive. Lancaster University. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "University head under fire for flights bill". Lancaster Guardian. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Southampton announces new vice-chancellor". University of Southampton. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "Mark E Smith". Council of Trustees. AQA. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "New trustees to join Jisc's board". Jisc. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "HECSU Board". Higher Education Careers Service Unit. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B10.