Professor Michael Pepper has been awarded a Knighthood in the New Year's Honours List for his service to Physics. His ground-breaking research has led to the creation of the field of semiconductor nanostructures.
Professor Michael Pepper has been awarded a Knighthood in the New Year's Honours List for his service to Physics. His ground-breaking research has led to the creation of the field of semiconductor nanostructures.
Sir Michael is head of the Semiconductor Physics Group at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥'s Cavendish Laboratory, a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is also the Managing Director at Toshiba Research Europe Ltd.
He has worked at the Cavendish Laboratory for more than 30 years. He was appointed to the Professorship of Physics in 1987 which he currently holds.
̽»¨Ö±²¥Toshiba Cambridge Research Centre, now known as the Cambridge Research Laboratory of Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. opened in 1991 with Sir Michael as Managing Director. ̽»¨Ö±²¥company and the Cavendish work in close collaboration developing future quantum technologies.
Sir Michael is director of spin-off company TeraView which, working with the Cavendish, develops security equipment utilising nanotechnology to identify security risks that may pass unnoticed by conventional X-ray machines.
Sir Michael has been awarded numerous accolades for his work including the 2005 Queen’s Medal by the Royal Society for his work ‘which has had the highest level of influence in condensed matter physics and has resulted in the creation of the modern field of semiconductor nanostructures.’
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