Brian Cantor#
| Membership Number: | 1923 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1999 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/vco/vc-full.htm |
Present and Previous Positions
- Oct. 2013 - present: Vice-Chancellor at the University of Bradford
- 2002 - Sep. 2013: Vice-Chancellor, York University
- 2000 - 2002: Head of the Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Oxford University
- 1998 - 2002: Academic Director, Begbroke Business and Science Park
- 1995 - 2000: Head of the Department of Materials, Oxford University
- 1990- 1995: Director of the Oxford Centre for Advanced Materials and Composites
- 1981 - 2002: Lecturer, Reader then Cookson Professor, Department of Materials, Oxford University
- 1982: Scientist, General Electric Research Laboratories, Schenectady
- 1972 - 81: Research Assistant then Lecturer, School of Engineering, Sussex University
Fields of Scholarship
- Manufacture of materials
Honours and Awards
- 1979: Chartered Engineer
- 1980: Member of the American Metallurgical Society
- 1989: Fellow of the Institute of Materials
- 1993: Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society
- 1993: Rosenhain Medal of the Institute of Materials
- 1996: Honorary Member of the Materials Research Society of India
- 1996: Honorary Professor of Northeastern University, Shenyang
- 1998: Ismanam Prize
- 1998: Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- 1999: Fellow of the Institute of Physics
- 1999: Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2000: Honorary Professor of Chinese National Institute of Metals
- 2002: Platinum Medal of the Institute of Metals
- 2006: ISI Most Cited Researcher
- 2008: Companion of the Chartered Management Institute
