Professor Ian White

Ian White is currently Vice Chancellor at the University of Bath, van Eck Professor of Engineering, and Head of the Photonic Research Group, comprising CMMPE, CPS and Photonics and Sensors, in the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge.

He currently chairs the channel model sub-task force of the IEEE 10 GbE LRM standard.

Ian’s research activity in optoelectronics and optical communications includes managing a team of 45 people publishing on average 60 papers a year. In terms of research output, the group is one of the largest in the field of optoelectronic systems in the UK.

The Institution of Electrical Engineers awarded Ian the Blumlein-Browne-Willans Prize and the Ambrose Fleming Premium Award. He is a Member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Photonics Society and Editor-in-Chief of Electronics Letters.