For further information on my career history and research interests please see http://earth.leeds.ac.uk/research/seddies/francis/francis.htm

Appointments & Education

1996 - present	Senior Lecturer, Earth Sciences, Leeds University.
1991 - 1996	Lecturer, Earth Sciences, Leeds University
1986 - 1991	Post Doctoral Research Associate, Geology Department, Adelaide University, Australia
1984 - 1986	Palaeobotanist, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
1982 - 1984	NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Geology/Biology, Bedford College, University of London
1979 - 1982	NERC research student, Geology/Biology, University of Southampton.
1975 - 1979	Geology Degree, University of Southampton.

Awards

Polar Medal 2002. For 'outstanding contribution to British polar research'. Presented by H.M. Queen, March 2002.

President's Award from the Palaeontological Society

International Organisation of Palaeobotany Award

NSF (US) Antarctic Service Medal and US Navy Antarctic Medal

Societies and Committees

Leader of the UK committee of ANDRILL, an international drilling programme to recover Tertiary rock sequences in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica to understand the nature of the onset of the Cenozoic ice age and climate change. Click here for more information about ANDRILL

Leeds University Centre for Polar Science - Director of new multidisciplinary research centre on polar science.

Palaeontological Association - Council Member, Institutional Membership Treasurer (1992 -1999) and Vice President (1999-2001). Click here to visit the Palaeontological Assoc. web site.

Joint Committee for Palaeontology. Geological Society representative.(2001 - present)

Geological Society of London - Editorial Board (Advisory Editor, Palaeontology Editor) (1998-present)

Yorkshire Geological Society. Committee member - publications. (1999-present)

Member of the Executive Committee of the Leeds University Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation

Convenor of Geoscience 2000 session on 'Palaeoclimate reconstructions using fossils' and editor of special volume of conference presentations.

Reviewer for grant proposals for NERC, ARC (Australia), NSF, Chile.

Reviewer for several international journals.

Subscribing member of Geological Society of London, Australian Geological Society (specialist advisory editor), Yorkshire Geological Society, Palaeontological Association, Australian Geographical Society, International Association of Wood Anatomists.

Member of the Antarctic Club and various other polar societies.

Media and Publicity

Through my research I have had many contacts with media. Projects include: - Scientific documentary about Tertiary forests in Canada called 'Our Tropical Arctic' produced by Breakthrough Films and Royal Canadian Geographical Society of Canada.

- Local secretary of the Geology section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, National Science Festival in Leeds, 1997.

- Scientist on 'Live from Dinosaur Island', BBC2 TV programmes about dinosaur fossils and fossil plants on the Isle of Wight.

- Science programmes about climate change for schools, Yorkshire TV.

- Several BBC Radio 4 science programmes, and schools' speaker for SET events.

- Many talks to schools, amateur natural history societies, university societies, and at national events (e.g. Kew Gardens Rockwatch events for the public)

University Administrative Duties

Teaching Quality Assurance Co-ordinator, School of Earth Sciences, 2001- present

Director of Teaching and Learning, School of Earth Sciences 1995-2001

External Examiner, University of Leicester 2000-present

Standing Group on Review QAA, Learning and Teaching Board, University of Leeds

Executive Committee, White Rose Centre for Enterprise

Learning and Teaching Committee (Staff Teaching Certificate), Staff and Departmental Development Unit, University of Leeds

External examiner for PhD theses at University of Royal Holloway London (3), University of Oxford, Open University (2), University of Reading, University of Wellington New Zealand, and University of Lyon, France. University of Leeds internal PhD examiner (5)