About
A brief description of who you are and what you do.
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Write about yourself in the third person. Aim for 100 to 150 words covering the main points about who you are and what you currently do. Clear, simple language is best. You can include specialist or technical terms.
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Research
Your current research, published research topics, projects and groups.
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Research groups
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Research interests
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Current research
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Describe your current research in 100 to 200 words. Write in the third person. Include broad key terms to help people discover your work, for example, “sustainability” or “fashion textiles”.
Research projects
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Publications
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Supervision
Current PhD Students
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Teaching
A short description of your teaching interests and responsibilities.
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Courses and modules
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External roles and responsibilities
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Biography
Peter G.R. Smith is a Professor in Electronics and Computer Science / Optoelectronics Research Centre.
Contact phone : 02380 592809
Email: peter.smith@soton.ac.uk
He holds an EPSRC Established Career Fellowship in Quantum Technologies. Following study in Physics at St John's College, Oxford he worked in the City of London before joining the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton. He is an active researcher in Optical waveguides and optical fabrication, with particular interests in Quantum Technology, planar Bragg gratings and nonlinear optical materials. Recent work in the area of waveguide quantum optics has led to papers in Science and Nature Comms. The joint work with University of Oxford, and NIST, has been featured in Scientific American, Wired, New Scientist, etc.
Career History
- Pro Vice-Chancellor (International Projects) (Sept 2017-Oct 2022)
- Interim CEO and Pro Vice-Chancellor Malaysia Campus (Sept 2017-2018 )
- Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor International (Mar 2015-Sept 2017)
- Associate Dean of Enterprise and International for the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering (August 2010-July 2014)
- Professor of Optoelectronics (since 2004), previously Reader (2000), Lecturer (1997) and Research Fellow (1994) with Academic Teaching Appointment in Electronics and Computer Science
He was a founder of Stratophase Ltd and is currently a Director of Covesion Ltd (www.covesion.com). He was a Director of ECS Partners from 2011 to 2015
Scientifically he has 203 publications (from Web of Science), 16 licensed patents, h-index of 28, and > £100m (total as PI and Co-I), £11m of research grants (as PI or equivalent)
Prizes
- Research group award: Highly Commended (2017)
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Prizes
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