Christopher Hugh Chapman (born 5 May 1945) is a British

seismologist Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes (or generally, quakes) and the generation and propagation of elastic ...

, an emeritus honorary professor in the

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge The Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge is the University of Cambridge's Earth Sciences department. First formed around 1731, the department incorporates the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences. History The department's history can be trace ...

Biography

He was awarded a first degree in theoretical physics and a Ph.D. in geophysics by Cambridge University. He then moved to Canada to be an Assistant and Associate Professor at the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...

, and an Associate and Full Professor at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

. He returned to Cambridge in 1984 to take up an appointment as Professor of Geophysics. In 1990 he joined Schlumberger Cambridge Research (SCR) as a Scientific Advisor until his retirement in 2005. He continues to consult for SCR and act as Emeritus Honorary Professor of Theoretical Seismology at Cambridge. He published the geophysics textbook “Fundamentals of Seismic Wave Propagation” in 2004. (Cambridge University Press). He was a Green Scholar at the

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) is the center for oceanography and Earth science at the University of California, San Diego. Its main campus is located in La Jolla, with additional facilities in Point Loma. Founded in 1903 and incorpo ...

in 1978–9 and 1986, and a Killam fellow in 1981–3. In 2013 he was awarded the

Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society is the highest award given by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). The RAS Council have "complete freedom as to the grounds on which it is awarded" and it can be awarded for any reason. Past awar ...

"for outstanding personal and collaborative research in geophysics."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Chris 1945 births Living people People educated at Latymer Upper School Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Schlumberger people British seismologists Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society