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[[File:Professor Cantor.jpg|thumb|Cantor in 2009 at the University of York]]
'''Brian Cantor''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|FREng|FRS}}<ref name="List of Fellows">{{cite web|title=List of Fellows|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-date=8 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|url-status=dead}}</ref> (born 11 January 1948) has been a long-serving [[Lists of university leaders|university leader]], is a visiting professor in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford, and a consultant at the Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST) at Brunel University. He was the [[vice-chancellor]] of the [[University of Bradford]] from 2013 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.bradford.ac.uk/news/archive/2019/new-vice-chancellor-at-the-university-of-bradford.php |publisher = University of Bradford |title = New Vice-Chancellor at the University of Bradford |date = August 2019 }}</ref> Prior to this appointment he was the vice-chancellor at the [[University of York]] from 2002 to 2013, and previously he was the head of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division at the University of Oxford.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/york-v-c-brian-cantor-to-join-bradford/2003454.article | publisher = Times Higher Education | title = Brian Cantor joins Bradford| date = 24 April 2013 }}</ref>

Cantor is acknowledged as a world authority on materials manufacturing<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/4111/Brian+CANTOR.aspx | publisher = Debrett's People of Today | title = Brian Cantor}}</ref> and is a former vice-president of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]]. He has published over 300 books and papers, with over 16,000 citations and a Google h-index of over 50, and is on the ISI List of Most Cited Researchers.  He invented the field of high-entropy alloys and discovered the so-called “Cantor alloys”.  He founded the Begbroke Science Park at Oxford, and the [[University of York, Campus East|Heslington East Campus]] at York.  He has chaired and been on the board of many organisations, including the National Science Learning Centre, the Science Museums Group, the Marshall Aid Commission, the UK Universities Pensions Forum, the Worldwide Universities Network, and the World Technology Universities Congress.  He has received academic prizes, honorary professorships and fellowships in the UK, US, China and India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpie.de/3595815/biography|title=Prof. Brian Cantor: Biography}}</ref><ref name="List of Fellows"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bradford.ac.uk/about/management/smt/professor-brian-cantor/ | title = About Brian Cantor | publisher = University of Bradford | date = 5 June 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
Cantor studied at [[Manchester Grammar School]] and [[Christ's College, Cambridge]].

He has worked at universities including [[University of Sussex|Sussex]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], York, Washington State and Banaras Hindu University (BHU), and for companies including [[Alcan]], [[Elsevier]], [[General Electric]] and [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce]]. He has advised organisations such as EPSRC, NASA, the EU and the Dutch, Spanish and German governments. He chaired international review panels for the Institute of Metal Research (IMR), Shenyang, China, the Department of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore, and the Institute of Innovative Materials, Wollongong University, Australia.  He was a member of the Sainsbury review of UK science and innovation.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

He has chaired and been on the board of many companies and agencies, including the [[Kobe Institute]], the UK Universities Pensions Forum,<ref name=EPF>{{cite web | url = http://www.employerspensionsforum.co.uk/en/news/index.cfm/epfchair | title = EPF appoints a new Chair | date = 7 December 2010 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083907/http://www.employerspensionsforum.co.uk/en/news/index.cfm/epfchair | archivedate = 2 April 2012}}</ref> the [[White Rose University Consortium]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.whiterose.ac.uk/structure/executive_board | title = White Rose Consortium Executive Board | date = 8 September 2011 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110922014524/http://www.whiterose.ac.uk/structure/executive_board | archivedate = 22 September 2011}}</ref> Yorkshire Innovation, Leeds, York and Bradford Economic Partnerships,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://newsfeed.leedsvirtualnewsroom.co.uk/2011/01/board-members-announced-for-leeds-local.html | title = Leeds and York Economic Partnership | date = 31 January 2011}}</ref> the Chambers of Commerce,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.leedschamber.co.uk/index.php/your-board.html | title = The Chamber, Leeds, York and North Yorkshire | date = 8 September 2011 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110909154741/http://www.leedschamber.co.uk/index.php/your-board.html | archivedate = 9 September 2011}}</ref> the [[National Science Learning Centre]], the Centre for Low Carbon Futures,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www2.hull.ac.uk/news_and_events-1/news_archive/2009_news_archive/october/centre_for_low_carbon_futures.aspx | title = Centre for Low Carbon Futures | date = 2 October 2009 | access-date = 8 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110306154022/http://www2.hull.ac.uk/news_and_events-1/news_archive/2009_news_archive/october/centre_for_low_carbon_futures.aspx | archive-date = 6 March 2011 | url-status = dead}}</ref> Science City York,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://scy.co.uk/board |title= Board of Science City York |date= 8 September 2011 |access-date= 8 September 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110810025753/http://scy.co.uk/board |archive-date= 10 August 2011 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}</ref> the [[Worldwide Universities Network]],<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.onesource.com/free/Brian-Cantor/People/Profile/47420635-2 | title = Worldwide Universities Network | date= 8 September 2011}}</ref> the UK College of Business and Computing, The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission and the Science Museum Group.<ref>{{cite web |title=Board of Trustees |url=https://group.sciencemuseum.org.uk/about-us/board-of-trustees/ |website=Science Museum}}</ref> He founded the [[Begbroke Science Park]] at Oxford, the National Science Learning Centre, the Hull-York Medical School, and the World Technology Universities Network (WTUN), and led the £1bn Heslington East campus development at York.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.york.ac.uk/campus-development/expansion/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101015204728/http://www.york.ac.uk/campus-development/expansion/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 15 October 2010 | title = Heslington East Campus Expansion | date = 8 September 2011 }}</ref>

Cantor was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to higher education.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60367 |date=29 December 2012 |page=7 |supp=y }}.</ref>

==Research==

Cantor's research has investigated the manufacture of materials and has contributed to fundamental scientific advances as well as improvements in many industrial products. He is well known for inventing the field of [[high entropy alloys]], and discovering the so-called "Cantor alloys". He has supervised over 130 research students and postdocs, published over 300 papers and books, given over 100 invited talks in more than 15 countries, received almost 20,000 citations with an h-index of 59, and is on the list of ISI List of Most Cited Researchers.<ref name=ISI>{{cite web | url = http://hcr3.webofknowledge.com/author.cgi?&link1=Browse&link2=Results&id=2804 | title = Brian Cantor - ISI Entry | date = 8 September 2011 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was awarded the Rosenhain and Platinum<ref name=IoMplatinum>{{cite web| url = http://www.iom3.org/content/past-winners | title = Brian Cantor - Platinum Medal IoM | date = 8 September 2011}}</ref> Medals of the [[Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining]].

Cantor is an Honorary Professor at Shenyang, Zhejiang and Nanjing<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2008/china-links/ | title =York strengthens academic links with China | date= 1 April 2008}}</ref> Universities, the National Institute of Metals in China and the Indian Institute of Sciences, an Honorary Member of the [[Indian Institute of Metals]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sciencenewsline.com/nature/2010111500009693.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130202024948/http://www.sciencenewsline.com/nature/2010111500009693.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2 February 2013 | title = Indian Honour for York's Vice-Chancellor | date = 15 November 2010 }}</ref> a Member of [[Academia Europaea]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ae-info.org/ae/User/Cantor_Brian | title = Academy of Europe entry | date= 8 September 2011}}</ref> and a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, the [[Institute of Physics]], the [[Chartered Management Institute]] and the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]].<ref name="List of Fellows"/> He is a member of the Scientific Council at the [[IMDEA]] Materials Institute in Madrid.

In 2024, Cantor was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Outstanding scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society {{!}} Royal Society |url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2024/05/new-fellows-2024/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=royalsociety.org |language=en}}</ref>

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