Sir John Beddington is the senior adviser to the Oxford Martin School and professor of Natural Resource Management at Oxford University. From 2008 until 2013, he was the government chief scientific adviser (GCSA) reporting directly to the prime minister. As GCSA, he led on providing scientific advice to the government during the 2009 swine flu outbreak, the 2010 volcanic ash incident, and the emergency at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011. In 2004, he was awarded the Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. In June 2010, he was awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.