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Email: tdw13@cam.ac.uk

Website: http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/CMMPE/people.html

Website: http://www.energy.cam.ac.uk/directory/tdw13@cam.ac.uk

Website: http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/tdw13

Professor Tim Wilkinson

Fellow, Fellows' Steward, Graduate Tutor, Director of Studies in Engineering (Part IIA and IIB and MET Part IIA and IIB)
University Positions
Professor of Photonic Engineering
Subjects
Engineering
Specialising in
Photonics

Tim is a Professor in Electrical Engineering, with a side interest in Lego.

Academic interests

Tim Wilkinson's academic interests include:

  • Liquid crystal photonics, devices, displays, and telecommunications
  • Optical processing techniques
  • Optical communications
  • Spatial optics
  • Optical pattern recognition and holography
  • Nanophotonic devices, metasurfaces, and 3D displays.

Degrees obtained

  • BEng Hons, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
  • PhD, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.

Awards and prizes

  • ILCS Mid-Career award.
  • Hilsum Medal from the BLCS.

Other interests

Dance music (DJing), drum and bass, Lego, food and wine, record collecting (especially Genesis), New Zealand culture, small hold farming, and keeping horses. Did I mention Lego?

Department link

http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk

Publications, links and resources

See a full list of Tim Wilkinson's publications.  

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