Biography:Ian Walmsley
Ian A. Walmsley | |
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| Born | 13 January 1960[1] |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London University of Rochester[2] |
| Spouse(s) | Katharine Pardee[1] |
| Awards | Young Medal and Prize (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Quantum physics |
| Institutions | University of Oxford Imperial College London |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael G. Raymer |
Ian Alexander Walmsley FRS is Provost of Imperial College London where he is also Chair of Experimental Physics. He was previously pro-vice-chancellor for research and Hooke Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Oxford,[1] and a professorial fellow at St Hugh's College, Oxford.[2] He is also director of the NQIT (Networked Quantum Information Technologies) hub within the UK National Quantum Technology Programme, which is led by the University of Oxford.[3] He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America.[4]
Walmsley was educated at Imperial College London, and The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester.[2] He received the Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science in 2011[5] and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2012[6] for his contributions to quantum optics and ultrafast optics,[7] including his development of the spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER) technique.
In March 2018 it was announced that Walmsley had been appointed provost of Imperial College London, succeeding James Stirling on 1 September 2018.[8]
In October 2019, Walmsley co-founded ORCA Computing, to undertake Quantum Computing in Optical Fibre through the use of quantum memory.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "WALMSLEY, Prof. Ian Alexander PhD; FRS 2012". Who's Who. A & C Black. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U42154/WALMSLEY_Prof._Ian_Alexander?index=9&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "New Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research". University of Oxford. 2009-02-19. http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/090219_1.html.
- ↑ "Prof Ian Walmsley: NQIT Hub Director". Networked Quantum Information Technologies. University of Oxford. http://nqit.ox.ac.uk/people/ian.
- ↑ "About the Provost". https://www.imperial.ac.uk/about/leadership-and-strategy/provost/about-the-provost/.
- ↑ "APS Joseph F. Keithley Award: Presentation of check to endow the APS Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science". American Physical Society. http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/199711/keithley.cfm.
- ↑ "New Fellows 2012". Royal Society. 2012-04-19. http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/new-fellows-2012/.
- ↑ "Professor Ian Alexander Walmsley FRS". Royal Society. https://royalsociety.org/people/ian-walmsley-12481/.
- ↑ "Oxford Pro-Vice-Chancellor and eminent physicist appointed as new Provost | Imperial News | Imperial College London" (in en-GB). Imperial News. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/185070/oxford-provice-chancellor-eminent-physicist-appointed/.
External links
- Ultrafast quantum optics and optical metrology Research home page at Oxford
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