Philip Campbell: The Future of Scientific Publishing - Schrödinger at 75: The Future of Biology
955 views · Published 20 November 2018 · 34:28 · Indexed 27 September 2026
Channel: Trinity College Dublin · 2018 · Education
Campbell is editor-in-chief of Springer Nature. He was editor-in-chief of Nature from 1995 to 2018 and has been responsible for Nature’s journals, and in developing a prize to recognise excellence in scientific mentoring in different countries, now in its 14th year. Following the merger in 2015 of Springer Science+Business Media with the majority of Macmillan Science and Education to form Springer Nature, he was also responsible for the foundation and delivery of the Springer Nature Editorial Advisory Group, which oversees and creates editorial policies and standards across the organisation. Campbell has BSc in aeronautical engineering from University of Bristol, MSc, in astrophysics from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, and PhD and postdoctoral fellowship in upper atmospheric physics from University of Leicester. Has worked with UK government, the EU and US National Institutes of Health on science and its impacts in society. Former Trustee, Cancer Research UK. Founding Trustee and Chair, MQ: transforming mental health. Elected Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society. Fellow, Institute of Physics. In 2016 he was knighted for ’services to Science’. http://www.tcd.ie/
