Chris J. Taylor
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EducationGreat Yarmouth Grammar School
AlmamaterUniversity of Manchester (BSc, PhD)
KnownforActive shape models
Chris Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christopher John Taylor December 25, 1945[1] |
| Education | Great Yarmouth Grammar School |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester (BSc, PhD) |
| Known for | Active shape models |
| Spouse |
Jill Andrea Neal (m. 1968) |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | University of Manchester |
| Thesis | General methods of analysing biomedical images (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | P. O. Tates[3] |
| Website | research |
Christopher John Taylor OBE FREng (born 25 December 1945)[1] is a professor of Medical Biophysics and Associate Vice President (AVP) for digital strategy and innovation at the University of Manchester. He is jointly appointed by the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (FBMH), in the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE), where he served as Head of the Department of Computer Science from 2004 to 2008.[2][4]
Taylor was educated at Great Yarmouth Grammar School and the University of Manchester where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in physics in 1967 and a PhD in 1972 for research supervised by B. R. Pullan and P. O. Tates in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.[3]