Professor Andy Walker

Memberships of Professional Bodies

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
• Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP)
• Chartered Physicist (CPhys)
• Member of the European Physical Society Member of the Optical Society of America

External Appointments

• Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2001-2004)
• Chairman, RSE Scotland Foundation (2002-2005)
• Fellowship Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2005 - )
• Technology Ventures Scotland, Board/forum (2001 - )
• Director, Board of the Edinburgh Business School (2001 - )
• Member of joint DTI/SERC Advanced Devices and Materials Committee (1991-94)
• Vice Chairman/Chairman Scottish Branch of the Institute of Physics (1991-95)
• Hon. Secretary to Quantum Electronics Group of the IoP (1982-85)

Education

• Kingsbury County Grammar School
• BA (Hons) Physics, 1969, Essex University
• MSc Quantum Electronics, 1970, Essex University
• PhD, 1972, "The Photon Drag Effect", Essex University

Career History

• National Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow with the Laser and Plasma Group, Ottawa
• UK Science Research Council Fellow
• UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Laboratory
• Physics Department, Heriot-Watt University

Areas of Research

• Use of optical interconnects with digital electronics
• Semiconductor Physics, Optics, Lasers, Optical Computing

Interests and Hobbies

Sailing Music – keen pianist and occasional guitarist