大衛·古賓斯是一位專攻地磁學和地震學的英國地球物理學家。他畢業於劍橋大學，於1968年獲得自然科學學士學位，1969年獲得數學碩士（M. Math），1972年獲得地球物理學博士學位。1972年至1975年，他先後在科羅拉多大學、麻省理工學院和加州大學洛杉磯分校工作，後返回劍橋大學測地學與地球物理系。1989年，他擔任利茲大學地球物理系主任，目前是該校地球物理學榮休教授。他還是澳門科技大學榮譽教授，以及加利福尼亞大學聖地亞哥分校斯克利普斯海洋研究所研究員。

他最知名的工作有關地球磁場起源的發電機理論，相關研究闡明了發電機動力源，彙編並分析了歷史及當下的磁觀測資料。他還在地震學優化了早期地震層析成像方法，並在紐西蘭進行了異常地震信號調查。近期，他的研究重點有關磁化地殼岩石及相關磁場，優化了新的磁化分析方法。他是澳門科技大學澳門空間技術與應用研究院澳門科學衛星團隊的一員。他的研究極大地啟發激勵了一系列優秀學生，包括兩位英國皇家學會院士，英國首位女性地球物理學講座講授，以及澳大利亞首位地質學與地球物理學教授。

他於1996年被選為英國皇家學會院士，1985年被選為美國地球物理學會會士，1996年被選為英國物理學會院士。他是挪威科學與文學院的外籍院士，以及歐洲地球物理學會名譽會員。他曾獲英國皇家天文學會金獎章、美國地球物理學會院士弗萊明獎章，以及歐洲地球物理學會亞瑟·霍姆斯獎章。

David Gubbins

David Gubbins is a British geophysicist specialising in geomagnetism and seismology. Educated at Cambridge University, he obtained a B.A. in Natural Sciences, in 1968, M. Math in 1969, and Ph.D. in Geophysics in 1972.  From 1972-75 he worked at University of Colorado, MIT, and UCLA before returning to the Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, Cambridge. In 1989 he went to head geophysics at Leeds University, where he is now Emeritus Professor of Geophysics. He is also Honorary Professor at MUST and Research Associate at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, California.

He is best known for his work on the dynamo theory of the origin of the Earth’s magnetic field, elucidating the power source for the dynamo, and the compilation and analysis of historical and current geomagnetic observations. He has also worked in earthquake seismology, developing early methods of seismic tomography and conducting a survey of anomalous earthquake signals in New Zealand. He has recently turned his attention to that part of the magnetic field due to magnetised crustal rocks, developing new methods of analysis of the magnetisation. He is part of the Macau Science Satellite team at MUST, in the Macau Institute of Space Technology and Application. His research has benefitted enormously from a string of excellent students, which includes two fellows of the Royal Society, the first woman to be appointed to a Chair of Geophysics in the UK, and another the first Professor of either Geology or Geophysics in Australia.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1996, of the American Geophysical Union in 1985, and of the Institute of Physics in 1996.  He is a Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and Honorary Member of the European Geosciences Union. He has been awarded with the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Fleming Medal of the American Geophysical Union, and Arthur Holmes medal of the European Geosciences Union.