 He was translated to the Marischal Chair in 2016.The Marischal Chair is the oldest separate Chair of Divinity at the University of Aberdeen and was founded in Marischal College in 1616, although the Divinity School is now located in King's College in Old Aberdeen.He is also Honorary Professor of Theology at St Mellitus College, London, and a founding member to the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland.