BSc and PhD in Physics, Edinburgh University. 1972, Research Associate, University of Colorado, Boulder; 1974, SRC Fellow, St. John's College, Oxford; 1979, University Lecturer and Official Student, Christ Church, Oxford; 1993, EPSRC Senior Fellow; 1996, Professor of Physics, Oxford University; 2000, Head of Condensed Matter Physics, Oxford University; since 2002, Director, Bionanotechnology IRC, Oxford University; since 2008, current position. Member of the Advisory Board: NTT Basic Research Laboratory, Tokyo; Program on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC. Research interests: membrane proteins and applications of nanoscience in medicine, interdisciplinary research and training, economic and societal aspects of nanotechnology.