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词条 Michael Proctor (academic)
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  1. Early life

  2. Academic career

  3. Honours

  4. References

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Michael Richard Edward Proctor, FRS,

FIMA, FRAS (born 19 September 1950) is a British physicist, mathematician, and academic. He is Professor of Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics at the University of Cambridge and, since his election in 2013, the Provost of King's College, Cambridge.[1][2]

Early life

Proctor was born on 19 September 1950. The son of a farmer, he grew up in Spalding, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School [1] and won a scholarship to study mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge,[1][3] and matriculated at the college in 1968.[6] He achieved a distinction in the final part of the Mathematical Tripos and graduated in 1972 with a Master of Mathematics (MMath) degree.[3] He remained at the University of Cambridge to undertake postgraduate research under the supervision of H. K. Moffatt.[1][3] He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1975.[3]

Academic career

In 1974, Proctor was elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] From 1975 to 1977, he was a postdoctoral researcher and assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[4] He returned to the University of Cambridge in 1977 as an assistant lecturer in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.[1][4] In the same year he was appointed a college lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He served as a tutor at Trinity from 1979 to 1991, and from 1992 to 1994.[4] At university level, he was promoted to lecturer in 1982.[1]

He was promoted to Reader in 1994. In the same year, he was elected Dean of Trinity College.[4] In 2000, he was appointed Professor of Astrophysical Fluid dynamics.[1] He was elected Vice-Master of Trinity College in 2006.[4] In 2012, he was elected Provost of King's College, Cambridge.[5] He moved from Trinity to King's to take up the position at the start of the 2013 academic year.[1]

Honours

In 1977, Proctor was elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS).[1] He was awarded a Doctor of Science (ScD) degree by the University of Cambridge in 1995.[3] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2006,[6][7] and as a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA) in 2007.[1]

References

1. ^10 {{cite web|title=Michael Richard Edward PROCTOR|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/21464/Michael-Richard-Edward-PROCTOR|work=People of Today|publisher=Debrett's|accessdate=2014-05-03|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040235/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/21464/Michael-Richard-Edward-PROCTOR|archivedate=24 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Michael Proctor ScD FRS FIMA|url=http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/mrep/|work=Personal website|publisher=Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics|accessdate=2014-05-03}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Michael Richard Edward Proctor: Curriculum Vitae|url=http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/mrep/jobcv.pdf|accessdate=2014-05-03|format=pdf}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Professor Michael Proctor|url=http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/people/m.r.e.proctor/|work=People|publisher=Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics|accessdate=2014-05-03}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=New Provost-elect of the College|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2012/new-provost-elect-college.html|work=News|publisher=King's College, Cambridge|accessdate=2014-05-03|year=2012}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Awards and prizes|url=https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/annualreport/2006/awards.html|publisher=University of Cambridge|accessdate=2014-05-03|year=2006}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Current Fellows|url=https://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/fellows/|work=Fellowship of the Royal Society|publisher=Royal Society|accessdate=2014-05-03}}
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