Ian Alexander Walmsley CBE 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]
| Born | 13 January 1960[1] |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London University of Rochester[2] |
| Spouse | 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 |
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
edit- ^ a b c "WALMSLEY, Prof. Ian Alexander PhD; FRS 2012". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "New Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research". University of Oxford. 19 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Prof Ian Walmsley: NQIT Hub Director". Networked Quantum Information Technologies. University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "About the Provost". Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "APS Joseph F. Keithley Award: Presentation of check to endow the APS Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science". American Physical Society. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "New Fellows 2012". Royal Society. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Professor Ian Alexander Walmsley FRS". Royal Society. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ "Oxford Pro-Vice-Chancellor and eminent physicist appointed as new Provost | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
External links
edit- Ultrafast quantum optics and optical metrology Research home page at Oxford
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