Dr Gary Hawkins
Introduction
Gary received his PhD from the University of Reading in 1999 for research in 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 the Optical Society of America (OSA) (1995), and is a member of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) (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 communities. He has authored and co-authored over 35 journal and conference papers and published a 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 an Associate Professor at the University.
Awards
Gary has been presented with an award from the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) for his extraordinary contributions to the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Observatory. The James Webb Space Telescope Significant Achievement Award is in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to the JWST mission.
Grants/Projects
During my time working in the Infrared Multilayer Laboratory, I have worked on many international space and astronomy projects - a selection of which are listed below.
- Gemini Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph (TEXES), Mid-Infrared Spectrometer Filters
- NASA Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI) Nulling Infrared Camera Beam Diverter Trichroic
- ESO VLT Imager and Spectrometer for mid Infrared (VISIR) Flange Module Dichroic
- ESA Atmospheric Remote-sensing Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL) Dichroic Feasibility Study
- EUMETSAT Meteosat Third Generation Cold Optics Demonstrator Dichroics
- ESA Copernicus Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR), Model C/D
- Gimballed Limb Observer for Radiance Imaging of the Atmosphere (GLORIA)
- UKSA TechDemoSat-1 Compact Modular Sounder (CMS)
- EUMETSAT Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer - Next Generation
- ESA Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO)
- ESO VLT Imager and Spectrometer for mid Infrared (VISIR) Upgrade
- NASA/DLR Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
- NASA/ESA ExoMars Climate Sounder (EMCS) Development Study
- ESA Living Planet EarthCARE Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI)
- ESA Integrated Optics for Darwin
- ESA Copernicus Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR), Model A/B
- NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
- EPSRC/DTI Grant on Cadmium Replacements (F-Colours)
- NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI)
- ISRO SAC Indian National Satellite (INSAT-3D) Radiometer
- NASA Mars Climate Sounder (MCS)
- ESO VISIR Astronomical Filter Consortium
- GTC CanariCam Imaging Spectrograph Filters
- UKIRT/Gemini Michelle, Mid-Infrared Spectrometer and Imager
- ISRO INSAT-2 Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR)
- NASA Mars Observer 2 Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer (PMIRR2)
- ESA ENVISAT Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR)
- NASA CASSINI Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS)
- ESA ERS-2 Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-2)
- NASA EOS-AURA High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS)
- NASA Mars Observer Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer (PMIRR)
- NASA UARS Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS)
- ESA ERS-1 Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-1)
- NASA Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF)