in spring 2008. Campbell was appointed a member of an independent panel established in February 2010 by the University of East Anglia to investigate the controversy surrounding the publication of emails sent by staff at the university's Climatic Research Unit (CRU). Due to publicity about a 2009 interview with Chinese State Radio during which he expressed support for the CRU scientists, he resigned just hours after the panel was launched. Campbell was a founding member and, from 2015 to 2019, chair of the board of trustees of the research-funding charity MQ: Transforming Mental Health. He was a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Mental Health. As well as editing, Campbell has co-authored several publications on science policy and the impact factor. Awards and honours Campbell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS) in 1979 and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) in 1995. In 1999, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of Leicester, an honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Bristol in 2008, and an honorary fellowship of Queen Mary, University of London, in 2009. He was also elected an Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. In the 2015 Birthday Honours, he was appointed Knight Bachelor for services to Science. He has been an Honorary Professor Peking Union Medical College since 2009. In 2019, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Association of British Science Writers. Personal life In January 2010 he was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3. He married the academic Charis Thompson in 2014. References Living people Academic journal editors Alumni of the University of Bristol Alumni of the University of Leicester Alumni of Queen Mary University of London Fellows of the Institute of Physics Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society People educated at Shrewsbury School 1951 births Knights Bachelor Nature (journal) editors