Staff Profile:Dr Gary Hawkins
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- Dr Gary Hawkins
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- Principal Research Fellow
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Introduction
Gary received his PhD from the University of Reading in 1999 for research in the area of optical thin film engineering, with a thesis on the optical characterisation and application of absorptive and dispersive mechanisms to infrared filter materials for predictive multilayer filter design modelling. He is a Chartered Physicist and Member of the Institute of Physics (1994), a Member of the Optical Society of America (1995) and a Member of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (1999). Gary has worked at the University of Reading since 1985, during which time he has been actively involved and responsible for many projects in the specialist design, research and fabrication of precision infrared optical filters and coatings for the astronomical, atmospheric and planetary remote sounding instrumentation communities. He has authored and co-authored over 30 journal and conference papers and published one book on the effects of Space exposure on infrared filters and materials (ISBN 07049 04098). He has occupied the appointment as Head of the Infrared Multilayer Laboratory since 2002 and is a Principal Research Fellow at the University.
