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Professor John Goodby Highlights

Awards and Prizes

  • Honorary Doctorate, ScD, Trinity College Dublin (awarded 2002)
  • Tilden Lectureship of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2002/2003)
  • Fellowship of the World Technology Network (awarded 2004)
  • Finalist, Materials Section, of the World Technology Network, 2004
  • Fellowship of the World Innovation Foundation (awarded 2005)
  • Interdisciplinary Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2007)

Distinctions

  • President of the International Liquid Crystal Society, 2000-2004
  • Vice-Chair of the British Liquid Crystal Society, 2000-2003 and 2005-2006
  • Chair of the British Liquid Crystal Society, 2003-2005
  • Research Advisor to the ERATO Programme on Liquid Crystals, Japan, 2000-2004
  • Coordinator of EU-RTN Programme SAMPA, 2002-2006
  • Coordinator of ESF SONS II Project LC-NANOP, 2007-2011
  • Editorial Board of the Journal Liquid Crystals
  • Co-Editor of the Taylor and Francis Series in Liquid Crystals
  • Co-Editor of Philosophical Transactions for a Royal Society Discussion Meeting
  • Vice-Chair of the Anglo-Japanese Liquid Crystal Society Conf., York, 2001
  • Executive Chair of the 19th Int. Liquid Crystal Society Conf., Edinburgh, 2002
  • Org. Comm. for the 7th Materials Conf. (MC7) of the RSC, Edinburgh 2005
  • Org. Comm. for Royal Society Meeting on New Directions in Liquid Crystals
  • UK lead for a Royal Society delegation to India
  • Member of EPSRC College since its inception

Plenary and Keynote Lectures

  • 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone, Colorado, USA, 2006
  • Materials Conference 7 (MC7), Royal Society of Chemistry, Edinburgh, 2005
  • 9th International Symposium on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals, Dublin, Ireland, 2003
  • 6th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Halle, Germany, 2001

Public Lectures

  • University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2004
  • Café Scientifique, Glasgow, 2006
  • Café Scientifique, York, 2006
  • University of Surrey, 2006