Prof Stephen Sparks, CBE, FRS

Career: Royal Exhibition of 1951 fell Lancaster Univ 1974-76, NATO fell Univ of Rhode Island 1976-78, lectr in geology Univ of Cambridge 1978-89, prof of geology Univ of Bristol 1989-; pres: Geological Soc of London 1994-, Int Assoc of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior 1999-2003; chief scientist Montserrat Volcano Observatory, prof NERC Research 1998-2003, European Research Cncl advanced researcher 2009-; chair Advsy Ctee for Mathematics Educn (ACME); memb: Grants Ctee NERC 1985-88 and 2001-05, various ctees Royal Soc; Bakerian Lecture Royal Soc 2000; Wager Medal Int Assoc of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior 1983, Bigsby Medal Geological Soc London, Murchison Medal Geological Soc London, Arthur Day Medal Geological Soc America, Arthur Holmes Medal European Geosciences Union, Thorarinsson Medal Int Assoc of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior 2008, Wollaston Medal Geological Soc London 2011; Hon Dr: Lancaster Univ, Blaise Pascal Université, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris; FRS 1988, FGS, fell American Geophysical Union

Books and Publications: Tephra Studies (co-ed with S Self, 1980), Volcanic Plumes (with John Wiley, 1997), Physics of Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (co-ed with J Gilbert, 1998), Santorini Volcano (1999), State of the Planet (monograph); author of 400 published scientific papers