Iestyn Pierce

Biography

Dr. Iestyn Pierce was born in Wrexham, Wales in 1971. He received the MEng (Hons) and PhD degrees in Electronic Engineering from Bangor University in 1994 and 1998 respectively. For his thesis he worked on the application of time-frequency techniques to modelling optical pulse propagation in non-linear media. Following his PhD he continued to work at Bangor University as a postdoctoral researcher investigating semiconductor laser dynamics including a detailed treatment of optical gain. In 2000 he was awarded a Lectureship at the School of Electronic Engineering, and became a Senior Lecturer in 2006. He was awarded a Bangor University Teaching Fellowship in 2008. Currently his research interests include chaotic optical communications, optical studies of genetic material and digital signal processing. He has published over 100 journal and conference articles, and co-authored two book chapters on semiconductor laser dynamics. Dr Pierce is a member of the IET, the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, a member of the Institute of Physics and a Chartered Physicist. He served as Honorary Branch Treasurer for the Institute of Physics in Wales between 2002 and 2008, and has been a member of the Institute of Physics Chartered Physicist assessment panel since 2004. He was secretary of the Science Committee for the 2005 National Eisteddfod, and is a member of the Engineering Centre for North and Mid Wales, which promotes engineering as a career to school and college students.

Research Interest

Currently his research interests include chaotic optical communications, optical studies of genetic material and digital signal processing.