# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/polina-bayvel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:46:00.895Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/polina-bayvel"
name: "Polina Bayvel"
slug: "polina-bayvel"
description: "Dame Polina Leopoldovna Bayvel is a British engineer and academic. She is currently Professor of Optical Communications & Networks in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London. She has made major contributions to the investigation and design of high-bandwidth multiwavelength optical networking."
tagline: "Professor of Optical Communications"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1966-04-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "bayvel_p"
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    url:       "http://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=PBAYV08"
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    title: "פולינה בייבל"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump