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Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor in Electronics & Comp Science

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Connect with Peter G.R.

Email: Peter.Smith@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2809

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Research

Research groups

Member of:

Research projects

Active projects

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor Corin Gawith

Doctor Rex Bannerman ,

Doctor Goronwy Tawy

Sponsor: EPSRC

UK Quantum Technology Hub in Sensing, Imaging and Timing (QuSIT)

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor Corin Gawith

Ultra-precision machining of optoelectronics and microsystems

Researchers:

Professor James Gates

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor Corin Gawith

Sponsor: EPSRC

Photonic Ultra-high-Q REsonators

Researchers:

Professor James Gates

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor Corin Gawith ,

Doctor Peter Horak ,

Professor Anna Peacock ,

Doctor Chris Holmes

Completed projects

QT Hub Quantic 2

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor Corin Gawith

Sponsor: EPSRC

PhD Plus Scheme

Researchers:

Professor John Preston ,

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor Martin Browne ,

Doctor Eugen Stulz ,

Professor Stephen Gabriel ,

Professor Malcolm Levitt ,

Doctor Nong Gao ,

Doctor Andrew Chipperfield ,

Professor Nikolay Zheludev ,

Professor David Harrowven ,

Professor Richard Watson ,

Professor Tim Freegarde

Sponsor: EPSRC

Engineered photonic qubits for integrated optical quantum computing networks

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Sponsor: EPSRC

EPSRC Photonics Portfolio

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Sponsor: EPSRC

Multi-Wavelength Tunable Lasers for Gas Spectroscopy

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor Corin Gawith

Sponsor: EPSRC

EPSRC KTS Secondment Scheme

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Sponsor: EPSRC

Building Large Quantum States Out of Light

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor James Gates ,

Professor Corin Gawith

Sponsor: EPSRC

Quantum Hub (Oxford)

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor James Gates ,

Doctor Peter Horak ,

Professor Corin Gawith

Sponsor: EPSRC

Quantum Waveguides for Indistinguishable Single Photon Sources (QWISPS)

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor Corin Gawith

Sponsor: EPSRC

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Sponsor: EPSRC

Engineered sub-micron and nano-domain structures in LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 crystal for photonic applications

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Sponsor: European Union

Leverhulme - Early Career Fellowship

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Sponsor: Leverhulme Trust

Up Conversion Quadrant Detector – UCQD long wave

Researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Sponsor: EPSRC

EPSRC Photonic Portfolio

Researchers:

Professor Sir David Payne

Professor Robert Eason ,

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor Andy Clarkson

Sponsor: EPSRC

Quantum Hub (Birmingham)

Researchers:

Professor Tim Freegarde

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor James Gates ,

Doctor Peter Horak ,

Professor Corin Gawith

Sponsor: EPSRC

Integrated Photonics

Researchers:

Professor Robert Eason

Doctor Jacob Mackenzie ,

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Emeritus Professor James Wilkinson

Sponsor: EPSRC

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)
Research group award: Highly Commended (2017)

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