Place of birth: London, England

Parentage: son of the late Douglas Archibald Nevill and of Jessie Nevill

Family: married Mary Nevill; two sons, Benjamin and Thomas

Education: BSc (Hons), Mathematics, University of Loughborough 1972; Diploma (DIS), University of Loughborough (industrial placement) 1972; PhD, Statistics, University of Bradford 1976; Cert. Ed., Garnet College, London 1977

Career: Alan Nevill is Research Professor in the School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure at the University of Wolverhampton. He began his professional career as a Lecturer at Plymouth Polytechnic from 1975–77 and then at the University of Birmingham from 1977–95. He was Reader at the Liverpool John Moores University from 1995–97 and Professor there from 1997–99. Professor Nevill is a Core member of the Research Institute of Healthcare Studies and a member of the SRC. He is currently Visiting Professor at Newman College of Higher Education. His main research interests involve investigating, analysing and modelling data recorded in sport, exercise and health sciences. Alan Nevill has been a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society since 1975, a member of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences since 1989 and of the American College of Sport Medicine since 1997. He was Chairman of the Royal Statistical Society (Birmingham and District) from 1994–95 and the Royal Statistical Society (Merseyside Group) from 1997–99. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sports Sciences (see url below).

Honours and awards: Honorary Treasurer of the British Association Sport and Exercise Sciences (Elected Officer) 1995–97

Publications include: more than 160 peer-reviewed articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Room WG016, School of Sport, Performing Arts & Leisure, University of Wolverhampton, Gorway Road, Walsall, WS1 3BD, England; Tel: +44 (0)1902 322838; Fax: +44 (0)1902 322894; Email: a.m.nevill@wlv.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.wlv.ac.uk/Default.aspx?page=6970/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02640414.asp/ .