Ian Walmsley

Ian Walmsley
CBE FRS
Born (1960-01-13) 13 January 1960 (age 64)[1]
NationalityBritish
Alma materImperial College London
University of Rochester[2]
SpouseKatharine Pardee[1]
AwardsYoung Medal and Prize (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Imperial College London
Doctoral advisorMichael G. Raymer

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]

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. ^ a b c "WALMSLEY, Prof. Ian Alexander PhD; FRS 2012". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "About the Provost". Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "New Fellows 2012". Royal Society. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Professor Ian Alexander Walmsley FRS". Royal Society. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Oxford Pro-Vice-Chancellor and eminent physicist appointed as new Provost | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Retrieved 2 March 2018.


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