Bachelor of science in astronomy from the University College in London, 1974; Ph.D. from the same university, 1978; in 1978 he worked in Mullard Space Science Laboratory at the University College in London; in 2000 he worked as the leader of division at the Lockheed Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory in Palo Alto in California; semi finalist for the second Spacelab selection group, but not selected.