Background
Turner, Robert was born on February 18, 1946 in Daventry, England. Son of Victor Witter and Edith Lucy Brocklesby (Davis) Turner.
Turner, Robert was born on February 18, 1946 in Daventry, England. Son of Victor Witter and Edith Lucy Brocklesby (Davis) Turner.
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1972. Diploma, University College London, 1977.
Research assistant Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England, 1972-1975. Research fellow University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1977-1980. Lecturer in physics Napier College, Edinburgh, 1980-1984, University Nottingham, England, 1984-1988.
Visiting scientist National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1988-1993. Reader Institute Neurology, London, 1993-1996, professor, 1996—2006. Director department neurophysics Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, since 2007.
Director Lothian Energy Group, Edinburgh, 1980-1988. Member advisory board biomedical Magnetic Resonance Unit, Brussels, 1992-1996. Member advisory board Medical Research Council, since 2000.
Councilor Institute Complex Medical Engineering, since 2005.
Fellow: International Society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Married Jean Kitty Pattenden, September 11, 1965 (divorced February 1975). 1 child, Paul; Married Charlotte Elizabeth (Dupré), June 21, 1975. Children: John Frederick, Lucy Jacqueline.