John Barker: External Board and Committee work

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EPSRC

Member of the Peer Review College(2000-2008) Member of the College on Information Technology (1996- 2000)

Chairman of Panel on Carbon Based Electronics (2004)

Science and Engineering Research Council/Department of Trade and Industry SERC/DTI

Materials Commission (1990-94)

Molecular Electronics Advisory group (1981-83)

Molecular Electronics Commitee (1987-1993)

Molecular Electronics Committee(1990-93) Chairman

Electronic Materials Committee(1990-93)

Devices Committee (1988-91)

National Committee for Superconductivity (1987-90)

Solid State Devices Sub-Committee (1986-89)

Royal Society of Edinburgh (1990 - present)

Mathematics Section - convener, Physics and Electrical Engineering section-convener Electronics Section - member, Meetings Committee, Fellowships Committee. Grants Committee. BP Fellowships Committee, Lessels Committee

Toshiba Foundation (1992) Fellowships panel

Board of Advisors (1980) of the Search for Solutions Project

Philips Educational Project, Philips Petroleum Group.

European Commission work

Since the early 1990s involved as a consultant and reviewer for Directorate Generale XIII: Information Technology. Involved with the preparation of the EC strategy documents for the Framework programmes.

Royal Signals and Radar Establishment-consultant to the director

US government work

Consultant and reviewer for various DARPA programmes and advisory work for the US Army and US Office of Navy Research on long term developments in strategic science and technology.

Editorial Boards

Guest Editor VLSI Design (2000); International Journal of Computational Electronics (2001-)

Community Appointments

1976-78 Member of Working Party for Development of Adult Education Coventry City Council Education Department, Coventry, UK.

1976-78 Chairman, Alderman Callow Community School Association Alderman Callow Secondary School and Community College Coventry, UK.

1976-78 Vice-Chairman, Board of Governors Alderman Callow Secondary School and Community College Coventry, UK.

1976-77 Editor of Orbit magazine Local Community Newspaper.