Philip Campbell (scientist)
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Philip Campbell FInstP Kt |
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| Born | 19 April 1951 |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Nature Publishing Group |
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| Thesis | The influence of the ionosphere on low frequency radio wave propagation (1979) |
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| Known for | Editor-in-Chief of Nature |
| Spouse | Charis Thompson (m. 2014) |
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Website nature |
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Sir Philip Henry Montgomery Campbell, FInstP (born 19 April 1951) is a British astrophysicist and academic. He is the editor-in-chief of the science journal Nature, part of Nature Publishing Group.
Campbell was born on 19 April 1951 and educated at Shrewsbury School. He went on to study aeronautical engineering at the University of Bristol, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1972. He then gained a Master of Science (MSc) in astrophysics at Queen Mary, University of London before doing his PhD in upper atmospheric physics at the University of Leicester supervised by while working at the Royal Aircraft Establishment. His doctoral and postdoctoral research was on the physics of the ionized upper atmosphere and effects on radio propagation, using the latter as a probe of the lower ionosphere.
Campbell began working at Nature in 1979 and was appointed physical sciences editor in 1982. After leaving the journal in 1988 to start the publication Physics World, the membership magazine of the Institute of Physics, he returned to Nature as Editor-in-Chief in 1995, succeeding John Maddox. He heads a team of about 90 editorial staff around the world. He takes direct editorial responsibility for the content of Nature's editorials, writing some of them. He is the seventh editor-in-chief since the journal was launched in 1869. He is also editor-in-chief of Nature publications. In that role he is responsible for ensuring that the quality and integrity appropriate to the Nature name are maintained, for overseeing editorial policies, and for ensuring that appropriate individuals are appointed as chief editors of Nature journals.
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