Prof David Phillips, CBE

Career: Fulbright fell Univ of Texas Austin USA 1964-66, exchange fell Royal Soc/Acad of Sciences USSR 1966-67; Univ of Southampton: lectr 1967-73, sr lectr 1973-76, reader 1976-80; The Royal Inst of GB: Wolfson prof of natural philosophy 1980-89, dep dir 1986-89; Imperial Coll London: prof of physical chemistry 1989-2006, head of dept 1992-2002, Hofmann prof of chemistry 1999-2006, dean Faculties of Life Sciences and Physical Sciences 2002-05, sr dean 2005-06, professor emeritus 2006-, fell 2008; res scientist in applications of lasers in chemistry biology and med, author of 589 scientific papers reviews and books in this field, various appearances on BBC TV and Radio incl Royal Inst Christmas Lectures for Young People with JM Thomas 1987; vice-pres and gen sec Br Assoc for the Advancement of Science 1988-89; RSC Nyholm lectr 1994, Michael Faraday Award Royal Soc 1997, Porter Medal 2010; Hon DSc Univ of Birmingham 2011, Hon DSc Univ of Southampton 2012; FRSC 1976 (pres 2010-12), FCGI 2005

Books and Publications: Time-correlated Single-photon Counting (with D V O'Connor), Time-resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy (with G H Atkinson), Jet-Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics (with J M Hollas), Life and Scientific Legacy of George Porter (with J Barber)