Directors - biographies

Sir John Houghton
is chairman of the John Ray Initiative. He has held positions as chairman or co-chairman of Scientific Assessment for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 1988-2002, Professor of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Oxford, 1976-1983, Director General and Chief Executive of the UK Meteorological Office, 1983-1991, Chairman of the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 1992-1998, member of the UK Government Panel on Sustainable Development, 1994-2000. He has received numerous awards including Fellowship of the Royal Society of London and the International Meteorological Organisation Prize. His publications include The Physics of Atmospheres (3rd edn. CUP, 2002), Global Warming: the Complete Briefing (2nd ed CUP 1997) and The search of God, can science help? (Lion, 1994).

EurIng Ian Arbon
is Chairman of the Energy, Environment and Sustainability Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of IMechE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Energy Institute; he also holds an MBA and an MSc in Renewable Energy Technology. His consultancy company, Engineered Solutions, specializes in sustainable engineering, particularly in the fields of renewable energy and energy-from-waste, where he has 30+ years experience in delivering practical solutions.

Claire Ashton
has a background in Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology. She currently works in the UK water industry carrying out research on underground asset management, including leakage, condition assessment and failure of clean water pipelines.

Graham Ashworth
is Research Professor of Urban Environmental Studies at the University of Salford, and has an interest in urban regeneration. Professor Ashworth was chairman of the government-sponsored Going for Green and ENCAMS (Environmental Campaigns), President of the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe, and a member of the UK Round Table on Sustainable Development.

Sam Berry
is Emeritus Professor of Genetics at University College London. He is a former President of the Linnean Society, the British Ecological Society, the European Ecological Federation, the Mammal Society, and Christians in Science. Among his publications are Teach Yourself Genetics, God and Evolution, God and the Biologist, Orkney Nature and his Gifford Lectures are published as God's Book of Works. He edited The Care of Creation (IVP, 2000). He is a co-author of God's Stewards (World Vision, 2002). In 1996 he received the UK Templeton Award for 'sustained advocacy of the Christian faith in the world of science', and in 2001 the Marsh Award for Ecology.

Ann Brown is a Geography teacher. She is author of An Apology to Women: Christian Images of the Female Sex (IVP).

Peter Carruthers
is an agricultural scientist. He was formerly a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Agricultural Strategy, University of Reading. He is Chairman of Agricultural Christian Fellowship (ACF), a Director/Trustee of Farm Crisis Network (FCN), and Chairman of the Christian Workplace Forum. Peter is a Member of the Institute of Biology and a Chartered Biologist. He works for the Countryside Agency and lives in rural Monmouthshire.

Margot Hodson
is Chaplain of Jesus College, Oxford. She has been in full-time Christian ministry, lay and ordained, for 14 years, particularly working in adult education. After graduating in geography, Margot studied theology and missiology, with an emphasis on the Jewish background to the Scriptures. She has a lifelong interest in the environment and is a member of A Rocha and Sage (Oxford's Christian environmental group). Her publications include A Feast of Seasons.

Paul Houghton
is a Further Education lecturer, teaching Physics and Mathematics. He became Treasurer of JRI in 2000.

Colin Russell
is Professor Emeritus at the Open University in the Department of History of Science and Technology, which he founded in 1970. He is Affiliated Research Scholar at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge. His publications include The Earth, Humanity and God (UCL Press, 1994), Michael Faraday: physics and faith (Oxford University Press, 2000) and C.A.Russell (ed.) Chemistry, society and environment: a new history of the British chemical industry (Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2000). Colin Russell is past president of the British Society for the History of Science, past president of Christians in Science, and past vice-president of UCCF. He is a Chartered Chemist and FRSC (Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry).

John Sale
is a consultant on biodiversity conservation, with many years experience in Africa and Asia, both as an academic and a UN Chief Technical Adviser to national governments on post-graduate training and research on wildlife. He is currently a member of IUCN's European Sustainable Use Specialist Group. John lives in the green hills of Wales, encouraging indigenous wildlife and producing venison for local consumption from a herd of Red Deer. He is the author of numerous papers on mammal biology and technical aspects of the conservation of tropical species and their habitats, ranging from elephants and rhinos to orang-utans. One of the founders of JRI and presently its International Secretary.

Paul Wagstaff
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Gordon Wenham
is Professor of Old Testament at the University of Gloucestershire. He was from 1971 to 1981 Lecturer in the Department of Semitics at Queen's University, Belfast. He co-edited Law, Morality and the Bible (IVP, 1978). A selection from his other publications include major commentaries, in the Tyndale series Numbers (IVP, 1981), in the Word Biblical Commentary series Genesis (Word, 1987) and in the New International series Leviticus (Eerdmans, 1994). Recently he published a study of ethics in biblical narrative, Story as Torah (T&T Clark, 2000). Gordon Wenham is Associate Old Testament Chairman of the Translation Committee of the English Standard Version Bible translation, which supercedes the RSV. Further information from University of Gloucestershire.

Bob White
is a geologist by training and has worked mostly in research, using a wide variety of geological and geophysical tools to study the Earth's crust. He has engaged in numerous research field trips, mostly to study rifts and volcanoes. He is currently Professor of Geophysics and a Fellow of St. Edmunds College at Cambridge University. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. Bob is active in his local church, being both a church warden and a home group leader, and is also on the national committee of Christians in Science. He is married with two grown up children, and lives near Cambridge.

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	Directors - biographies Sir John Houghton is chairman of the John Ray Initiative. He has held positions as chairman or co-chairman of Scientific Assessment for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 1988-2002, Professor of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Oxford, 1976-1983, Director General and Chief Executive of the UK Meteorological Office, 1983-1991, Chairman of the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 1992-1998, member of the UK Government Panel on Sustainable Development, 1994-2000. He has received numerous awards including Fellowship of the Royal Society of London and the International Meteorological Organisation Prize. His publications include The Physics of Atmospheres (3rd edn. CUP, 2002), Global Warming: the Complete Briefing (2nd ed CUP 1997) and The search of God, can science help? (Lion, 1994). EurIng Ian Arbon is Chairman of the Energy, Environment and Sustainability Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of IMechE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Energy Institute; he also holds an MBA and an MSc in Renewable Energy Technology. His consultancy company, Engineered Solutions, specializes in sustainable engineering, particularly in the fields of renewable energy and energy-from-waste, where he has 30+ years experience in delivering practical solutions. Claire Ashton has a background in Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology. She currently works in the UK water industry carrying out research on underground asset management, including leakage, condition assessment and failure of clean water pipelines. Graham Ashworth is Research Professor of Urban Environmental Studies at the University of Salford, and has an interest in urban regeneration. Professor Ashworth was chairman of the government-sponsored Going for Green and ENCAMS (Environmental Campaigns), President of the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe, and a member of the UK Round Table on Sustainable Development. Sam Berry is Emeritus Professor of Genetics at University College London. He is a former President of the Linnean Society, the British Ecological Society, the European Ecological Federation, the Mammal Society, and Christians in Science. Among his publications are Teach Yourself Genetics, God and Evolution, God and the Biologist, Orkney Nature and his Gifford Lectures are published as God's Book of Works. He edited The Care of Creation (IVP, 2000). He is a co-author of God's Stewards (World Vision, 2002). In 1996 he received the UK Templeton Award for 'sustained advocacy of the Christian faith in the world of science', and in 2001 the Marsh Award for Ecology. Ann Brown is a Geography teacher. She is author of An Apology to Women: Christian Images of the Female Sex (IVP). Peter Carruthers is an agricultural scientist. He was formerly a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Agricultural Strategy, University of Reading. He is Chairman of Agricultural Christian Fellowship (ACF), a Director/Trustee of Farm Crisis Network (FCN), and Chairman of the Christian Workplace Forum. Peter is a Member of the Institute of Biology and a Chartered Biologist. He works for the Countryside Agency and lives in rural Monmouthshire. Margot Hodson is Chaplain of Jesus College, Oxford. She has been in full-time Christian ministry, lay and ordained, for 14 years, particularly working in adult education. After graduating in geography, Margot studied theology and missiology, with an emphasis on the Jewish background to the Scriptures. She has a lifelong interest in the environment and is a member of A Rocha and Sage (Oxford's Christian environmental group). Her publications include A Feast of Seasons. Paul Houghton is a Further Education lecturer, teaching Physics and Mathematics. He became Treasurer of JRI in 2000. Colin Russell is Professor Emeritus at the Open University in the Department of History of Science and Technology, which he founded in 1970. He is Affiliated Research Scholar at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge. His publications include The Earth, Humanity and God (UCL Press, 1994), Michael Faraday: physics and faith (Oxford University Press, 2000) and C.A.Russell (ed.) Chemistry, society and environment: a new history of the British chemical industry (Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2000). Colin Russell is past president of the British Society for the History of Science, past president of Christians in Science, and past vice-president of UCCF. He is a Chartered Chemist and FRSC (Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry). John Sale is a consultant on biodiversity conservation, with many years experience in Africa and Asia, both as an academic and a UN Chief Technical Adviser to national governments on post-graduate training and research on wildlife. He is currently a member of IUCN's European Sustainable Use Specialist Group. John lives in the green hills of Wales, encouraging indigenous wildlife and producing venison for local consumption from a herd of Red Deer. He is the author of numerous papers on mammal biology and technical aspects of the conservation of tropical species and their habitats, ranging from elephants and rhinos to orang-utans. One of the founders of JRI and presently its International Secretary. Paul Wagstaff . Gordon Wenham is Professor of Old Testament at the University of Gloucestershire. He was from 1971 to 1981 Lecturer in the Department of Semitics at Queen's University, Belfast. He co-edited Law, Morality and the Bible (IVP, 1978). A selection from his other publications include major commentaries, in the Tyndale series Numbers (IVP, 1981), in the Word Biblical Commentary series Genesis (Word, 1987) and in the New International series Leviticus (Eerdmans, 1994). Recently he published a study of ethics in biblical narrative, Story as Torah (T&T Clark, 2000). Gordon Wenham is Associate Old Testament Chairman of the Translation Committee of the English Standard Version Bible translation, which supercedes the RSV. Further information from University of Gloucestershire. Bob White is a geologist by training and has worked mostly in research, using a wide variety of geological and geophysical tools to study the Earth's crust. He has engaged in numerous research field trips, mostly to study rifts and volcanoes. He is currently Professor of Geophysics and a Fellow of St. Edmunds College at Cambridge University. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. Bob is active in his local church, being both a church warden and a home group leader, and is also on the national committee of Christians in Science. He is married with two grown up children, and lives near Cambridge. \| Home \| Who's who in JRI \| Pagetop \| Please use the right-hand bar to explore further	About JRI Who’s who Patrons Directors Advisors Staff
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