Prof Robert White FRS
Professor of Geophysics
Cambridge University
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Biography
Professor Robert (Bob) White is Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge (since 1989) and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1994. He is also a Fellow of the Geological Society, and a member of the American Geophysical Union and several other professional bodies. He leads aresearch group investigating the Earth’s dynamic crust: in particular the way in which enormous volcanic rocks are produced when continents and oceans rift apart. He has organised fieldwork and supervised 46 PhD students at Cambridge, many of whom are now prominent in academia, industry, government and education. His work at sea has taken him to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans and his research group is currently investigating the internal structure of volcanoes in Iceland, the Faroes and the Atlantic margin. His scientific work is published in over 300 papers and articles.
Since 1988 he has been a Fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, prior to which he was a student and Research Fellow at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is a Founding Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge.
Honoraria Titles
Major Prizes
Religion, Philosophy & History Interests
Christianity-Protestantism, Theology
Science & Technology Interests
Physics
Website
http://www.faraday-institute.org
Publications
Christianity, Climate Change and Sustainable Living
SPCK 2007
Co-authors: Spencer, Nick & White, Robert
Who is to Blame? Nature, Disasters and Acts of God
Lion Hudson 2014
Hope in an Age of Despair: The Gospel and the Future of Life on Earth
Inter-Varsity Press, Leicester 2013
Co-authors: Jonathan A Moo
Let Creation Rejoice: Biblical Hope and the Ecological Crisis
Inter-Varsity Press, Illinois 2014
Co-authors: Jonathan A Moo
Beyond Belief: Science, Faith and Ethical Challenges
Lion, 2004. Published in USA as Science, Faith and Ethics: Grid or Gridlock?, Hendrickson, 2005 + Turkish and Polish translations.
Co-authors: Alexander, D. & White, R. S.
Creation in Crisis: Christian Perspectives on Sustainability
SPCK 2009
Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church
Hendrickson 2016
Editors:Colin Bell & Jonathan Chaplin
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1989
Co-authors: D McKenzie
Volume:94
Pages:7685-7729
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1992
Co-authors: D McKenzie & K O'Nions
Volume:97
Pages:19683-19715
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1994
Co-authors: J W Bown
Volume:121
Pages:435-449
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2008
Co-authors: et al.
Volume:452
Pages:460-464
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2011
Co-authors: et al.
Volume:304
Pages:300-312
