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Ian Walmsley

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British physicist

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Ian Alexander Walmsley is Provost of Imperial College London where he is also Chair of Experimental Physics. He was previously pro-vice-chancellor for research and Hooke Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Oxford, and a professorial fellow at St Hugh's College, Oxford.

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2024Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2018Rumford Medal
2018honorary doctor of Toulouse-III University
2012Fellow of the Royal Society
2011Young Medal and Prize
2011Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science
Fellow of the Optical Society

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Ian Alexander Walmsley is Provost of Imperial College London where he is also Chair of Experimental Physics. He was previously pro-vice-chancellor for research and Hooke Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Oxford, and a professorial fellow at St Hugh's College, Oxford. He is also director of the NQIT hub within the UK National Quantum Technology Programme, which is led by the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America. He will return to Oxford from October 2025 as Director of the Oxford Quantum Institute.

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United Kingdom
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living
Dates
Born 1960 · age 66
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