Professor Sirjohnpendry

Biography

Degrees: 1965 BA, Cantab (Physics) 1969 MA, PhD,Cantab (Solid State Theory) 1962-65 Scholar of Downing College, Cambridge 1965-66 Part III Mathematics - postgraduate course 1966-69 Research student, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge 1969-73 Research Fellowship in Physics, Downing College, Cambridge 1969-71 ICI post-doctoral Fellow 1972-73 Member of Technical Staff in the Theoretical Physics Department, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, USA 1973-75 Senior Assistant in Research, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge 1973-75 Fellow in Physics and Praelector, Downing College 1975-81 Senior Principal Scientific Officer: Head of Theory Group, SERC Daresbury Laboratory 1981- Professor of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Imperial College of Science and Technology, and Head of the Condensed Matter Theory Group 1983-85 Head of Experimental Solid State Physics Group 1984 FRS 1984 F. Inst. P. 1984-92 Associate Head of Physics Department 1992-93 Member, SERC Science Board, SERC Nuclear Physics Board 1992-94 Member of Council, Royal Society. 1993-96 Dean, Royal College of Science 1996-2002 Editor, Proceedings A of the Royal Society 1996-97 Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship 1997-1998 EPSRC Senior Research 5-Year Fellowship (resigned April 1998) 1998-2001 Head of Physics Department, Imperial College London 1998-2002 Member of Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council 1998-2000 Commonwealth Scholarships Commissioner 2001-2002 Principal, Faculty of Physical Sciences, Imperial College London 2003- EPSRC Senior Research 5-Year Fellowship 2004 Knight Bachelor 2005- Chairman Physics sub panel of RAE 2008 2005 Fellow Optical Society of America  

Research Interest

 optics