the IoP Council until taking up the post of President in 2023. Personal He is married and has two children. His interests include the Chinese language and culture. Honours He was awarded the Young Medal and Prize in 1997 for his physics research and in 2001 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2004 for services to physics, and knighted for services to science and higher education in the 2013 New Year Honours. External links Scientific Commons Keith Burnett References British physicists Welsh physicists Fellows of the Royal Society Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor Academics of Imperial College London Academics of the University of Sheffield Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Fellows of St John's College, Oxford University of Colorado faculty Living people 1953 births People from Llwynypia People educated at Ysgol Brynteg 20th-century British physicists 20th-century Welsh scientists 21st-century British physicists 21st-century Welsh scientists Fellows of the American Physical Society Vice-Chancellors of the University of Sheffield