About us

CSAR is a charity run by a council of volunteers. The Society is governed by its Council and a written Constitution. Sir John Cockcroft was its founding President in 1964.

Council members as of 21 January 2019:

Prof Sir Mike Gregory

President

Dr Valerie Anderson

Vice President

Dr Camilla Benfield

Secretary to Council

Mrs Sue McMeekin

Honorary Treasurer

Mr Barry Thompson

Finance Secretary

Mr John Grieve

Visits Organiser

Mrs Jane Baker

PhD Student Awards Secretary

Dr Robin Catchpole

Mr Edward Briffa

Programme Secretary

Dr Paul Coxon

Postdocs of Cambridge Society

Prof. Xiang Zhang

Dr Andrea Strakova

John Cook

Marketing and membership secretary

How can you get more involved in CSAR?

We are always interested to hear from members who might be interested in playing an active part in CSAR. Skills that we currently seek include:

event operations, including staffing the ticket desk
photography (taking digital photos of speakers)
social media (particularly Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter)

If you'd like to find out more, please speak to the president of CSAR, Prof. Sir Mike Gregory, or to the vice-president, Valerie Anderson, at one of the CSAR events.

Industry and CSAR

Peter Hill has joined CSAR as Industry Secretary, to help build closer links between academic researchers and their counterparts in industry.

Peter is meeting companies around Cambridge to explore how they could benefit from the Society's activities. If you'd like to learn more or take part in the program, please email.