Professor Sir 'David James Wallace',
CBE,
FRS,
DL is the Director of the
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in
Cambridge and became master of
Churchill College, Cambridge in October
2006.
Wallace grew up in
Hawick,
Borders,
Scotland and went to the
University of Edinburgh where he earned a degree in Mathematical Physics and a PhD in
Elementary Particle Theory. After postdoctoral research work at
Princeton University, Wallace became a physics lecturer at the
University of Southampton in
1972.
In
1979 he became
Tait Professor of Mathematical Physics at
Edinburgh. He became Director of the
Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre and in
1996 he was awarded the CBE for his computing work.
He is currently Vice President and Treasurer of the
Royal Society, and Chair of the
Council for the Mathematical Sciences. From
1994 to January
2006 he was the
Vice-Chancellor of
Loughborough University. Wallace has also been President of the
Institute of Physics and
Deputy Lieutenant of
Leicestershire.
He has a wife, Elizabeth and a daughter, Sara. He enjoys
mycophagy.
External links
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Cam.ac.uk: "Master Appointed to Churchill College
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Number-10.gov.uk: "Master Of Churchill College, Cambridge"
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Archive Version of Loughbourgh University: Vice Chancellor's Office
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University of Cambridge: "Director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences appointed"