Prof Dan McKenzie, CH

Career: Univ of Cambridge: sr asst in res 1969-75, asst dir of res 1975-79, reader in tectonics 1979-84, prof of earth sciences 1985-, Royal Soc prof of earth sciences 1996-2007; Balzan Prize of Int Balzan Fndn (with F J Vine and D H Matthews, 1981), Japan Prize Sci and Technol Fndn of Japan (with W J Morgan and X Le Pichon, 1990), Royal Medal of the Royal Soc 1991, Crafoord Prize of the Swedish Acad 2002, Copley Medal of the Royal Soc 2011; Hon MA Univ of Cambridge 1966; memb Royal Soc 1976, foreign assoc US Nat Acad of Scis 1989