David Richardson (physicist)
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1964 (age 61–62)[1]
David Richardson | |
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 Richardson in 2018 | |
| Born | David John Richardson 1964 (age 61–62)[1] |
| Education | Taunton’s College |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex[2][3] |
| Awards | Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013); John Tyndall Award[4] (2024); IEEE Photonics Award[5] (2025) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | Microsoft, University of Southampton |
| Thesis | The production of, and experiments with, monochromatic ultra cold neutrons (1989) |
| Website | www |
David John Richardson (born 1964) is a British optoelectronics researcher and fellow of both the Royal Society (FRS) and the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).[7] He is currently a Partner Researcher at Microsoft,[8] based in Romsey, UK, where he leads research on hollow core optical fiber technology—an approach that guides light through an air-filled core rather than conventional solid glass. Before joining Microsoft, he spent 34 years at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton.[9] While at the ORC, he served as Professor, Deputy Director, and Head of the Fibre and Laser Group, making significant contributions to advanced optical fibre and laser research.[2][6][10]
