Southwood as President of the Royal Astronomical Society
88th President of the Royal Astronomical Society
In office May 2012 – May 2014
Preceded by
Roger Davies
Succeeded by
Martin Barstow
Personal details
Born
(1945-06-30) 30 June 1945 (age 78) Torquay, Devon, UK
Website
www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.southwood
Alma mater
Queen Mary, University of London, Imperial College London
Known for
Magnetospheres of planets and moons Director of Science at the European Space Agency President of the Royal Astronomical Society
Awards
James B. Macelwane Medal (1981)
NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal (2011)
Sir Arthur Clarke Award (2011)
Scientific career
Fields
Space science, robotic spacecraft
Institutions
University of California, Los Angeles, Imperial College London, European Space Agency, Royal Astronomical Society
David John SouthwoodCBE (born 30 June 1945) is a British space scientist who holds the post of Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London. He was the President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2012–2014, and earlier served as the Director of Science and Robotic Exploration at the European Space Agency (2001–2011). Southwood's research interests have been in solar–terrestrial physics and planetary science, particularly magnetospheres. He built the magnetic field instrument[specify] for the Cassini Saturn orbiter.[not verified in body]
David John Southwood CBE (born 30 June 1945) is a British space scientist who holds the post of Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London...
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confidentiality but a list of 19 recommendations was announced to the public. DavidSouthwood, ESA's Director of Science, provided four scenarios of possible failures:...
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considered 'lost' a number of possible explanations were given by DavidSouthwood, ESA's director of Science. The commission inquiring into the mission's...
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anticipation of her 80th birthday. Organized by Margaret Kivelson and DavidSouthwood, the symposium entitled “ULF Waves: A Tribute to Valeria Troitskaya”...
Wednesday 8 October 2014, by the Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency, Dr. David Parker. The specific ESA/Industry Rosetta team members who received the...
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as President Elect before succeeding the current President, Prof. DavidSouthwood, in May 2014. "List of presidents and dates of office". A brief history...
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