Prof J Leonard Culhane, FRS

Career: Dept of Physics UCL: res asst 1963, lectr 1967, reader 1976, prof 1981-94, dir Mullard Space Sci Laboratory 1983-; head and prof Dept of Space and Climate Physics UCL 1994-; sr scientist Lockheed Palo Alto Laboratory 1969-70; author of more than 290 scientific papers on solar and cosmic X-ray astronomy, X-ray instrumentation and spectroscopy; chm: Space Sci Prog Bd 1989-94, British Nat Ctee Space Res 1989-93, COSPAR Cmmn E 1994-2002; UK delegate and vice-chm ESA SPC 1990-95; chm ESF Euro Space Sci Ctee 1996-2002; memb: Cncl Univ of Surrey 1985-88, Astronomy Plan Sci Bd SERC 1989-93, Particle Physics and Astronomy Res Cncl 1996-2000, IAU, American Astronomical Soc, RAS; foreign memb Norwegian Acad of Sci and Letters 1996; FRS 1985