David L. Andrews

David Andrews attended Colfe's Grammar School, Lee, London, U.K. from 1963 to 1970.^{[citation needed]} He graduated (1st Class Hons) in Chemistry, from University College London in 1973.^{[citation needed]} He then obtained a PhD in theoretical chemistry from the same university, in 1976.^{[citation needed]}

From 1976 to 1978, Andrews was an Associate Research Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Research Associate in Department of Chemistry, in University College London.^{[citation needed]} In 1978, he became Science Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow^{[citation needed]} and in 1979 he joined the University of East Anglia as a Lecturer.^{[citation needed]} Andrews was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1991 and to Reader in 1994. He was appointed Professor of Chemical Physics in 1996^[1] and became Emeritus Professor in 2023.^[2]

Andrews and his research group have published on the theory of optical phenomena, developing quantum electrodynamical theory^[3] and symmetry principles^[4] for applications including fluorescence,^[5] and optical nanomanipulation.^[6] Andrews has worked on the quantum theory of intermolecular energy transfer,^[7] including a theory of energy transfer that accommodates both radiationless and radiative processes.^[8] He has also contributed to quantum optics and nonlinear optics,^[9] with studies of chiral interactions including a prediction of the hyper–Rayleigh scattering effect,^[10] while studies of chirality and optical helicity^[11] led to contributions to the theory of optical vortices.^[12]