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 - 1981 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
- 2024 Fellow of the Royal Society
