Miles Padgett

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Miles Padgett
FRSE FInstP
Born
Miles John Padgett

(1963-06-01) 1 June 1963 (age 60)[4]
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Known for
Spouse
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(m. 2001)​
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Jacqueline Romero[3]
Websitegla.ac.uk/schools/physics/staff/milespadgett

Miles John Padgett

Vice Principal for research at Glasgow from 2014 to 2020.[11][12][13][14][15]

Education

Padgett was educated at the

PhD
in 1988.

Research and career

Working with Les Allen, Padgett conducted pioneering work on

EPR paradox.[17] Padgett's research has been published in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals including Science,[18][19][20][21][22] Nature,[23][24] Physical Review Letters,[6] and Optics Express[9] and Progress in Optics.[10] Padgett's research has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).[25]

Awards and honours

Padgett was elected a

Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) quantum paradox.[7]

In 2009, with Les Allen, he won the

The Optical Society (OSA) and in 2019 the Rumford Medal[29] of the Royal Society. Padgett is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP).[4]

Padgett was appointed

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to scientific research and outreach.[30]

Personal life

Padgett currently[when?] resides in Glasgow with his wife Heather Reid[4][31][32] and their daughter, Jenna.

References

  1. ^ a b "Young medal recipients". Iop.org. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b Miles Padgett publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  3. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.564101. Free access icon
  4. ^
    doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U281720. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  5. ^ a b c "Curriculum Vitae: Miles Padgett FRSE" (PDF). University of Glasgow. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2013.
  6. ^
    PMID 12097130
    .
  7. ^ a b "Professor Miles Padgett FRS". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014.
  8. ^ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Professorships: Natural Philosophy (Kelvin Chair)". University of Glasgow. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.
  9. ^
    PMID 19484105
    .
  10. ^
    ISBN 9780444501042
    .
  11. ^ "University of Glasgow :: School of Physics and Astronomy :: Our staff :: Prof Miles J Padgett". University of Glasgow. 24 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014.
  12. PMID 25673395
    .
  13. YouTube, SPIE
    .TV
  14. ^ Miles Padgett's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  15. ^ "Scientists slow the speed of light:A team of Scottish scientists has made light travel slower than the speed of light". bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 23 January 2015.
  16. S2CID 4843974
    .
  17. ^ "Optics: Research Areas". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  18. S2CID 206633745
    .
  19. S2CID 206549611
    .
  20. S2CID 206547507
    .
  21. S2CID 206533289
    .
  22. S2CID 206526900
    .
  23. S2CID 4381095
    .
  24. S2CID 4419305
    .
  25. ^ "UK Government grants awarded to Miles Padgett". Research Councils UK. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015.
  26. ^ a b "Miles Padgett's biography at SPIE". SPIE. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014.
  27. ^ "Research into the Science of Light Prize — QEOD". qeod.epsdivisions.org. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  28. ^ "Max Born Award". osa.org.
  29. ^ "Rumford Medal". royalsociety.org. Royal Society. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  30. ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B14.
  31. ^ "Scotland | Sun shines on Heather the wedder". bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 17 August 2001. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013.
  32. ^ Alison, Rennie (10 December 2009). "Heather the Weather Quits – There will be 'snow' stress for me this Christmas". Paisley Daily Express. p. 3. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
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