Fellowship for University of Glasgow optics and photonics expert
Published: 30 January 2013
A University of Glasgow academic has been named as a Fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
A University of Glasgow academic has been named as a Fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
Professor Miles Padgett, Kelvin Chair of Natural Philosophy at the University, is one of 69 members of the society to be honoured in this year’s round of fellowships in recognition of achievements in the mechanical properties of electromagnetic fields.
Professor Padgett’s work at the University includes the development of an optical spanner, used for manipulating micron-scale cells, and a data-transmission system which uses ‘twisted’ beams of light. His 15-person research team has published over 260 papers in the world’s leading scientific journals and led to numerous commercial developments.
Professor Padgett said: “I’m enormously proud to have been made a Fellow of SPIE alongside some of the world’s leading experts in the field.
“My research team is currently working on some very exciting projects and we’re looking forward to contributing to the understanding of optics and photonics in the future.”
Previous honours for Professor Padgett include a Fellowship of the Optical Society in 2011, the Young Medal from the Institute of Physics in 2009 and a fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2001.
First published: 30 January 2013
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