Jan-Theodoor Janssen
Dutch physicist (born 1965)
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Theodorus Johannes Bernardus Maria Janssen FREng FRS FInstP FIET (born 1965),[1] also known as Jan-Theodoor Janssen or JT Janssen, is the Chief Scientist of the National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom),[2][3] Henry Royce Institute's Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) Chair since 2024,[4] and President of the Consultative Committee for Ionizing Radiation (CCRI) since 2023.[5] In 2023, he was awarded the Institute of Physics's James Joule Medal and Prize for "outstanding contributions to fundamental and practical quantum electrical metrology".[6] He was elected a Fellow of the National Physical Laboratory in Quantum Electrical Metrology,[2] Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP),[7] and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2021.[8] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2026.[9]
1965 (age 60–61)
Jan-Theodoor Janssen | |
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| Born | Theodorus Johannes Bernardus Maria Janssen 1965 (age 60–61) Netherlands |
| Education | University of Nijmegen (1993) |
| Awards | James Joule Medal and Prize (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Workplaces | National Physical Laboratory (1998 – ) University of Bristol |
| Thesis | Far-infrared magneto-optics of low-dimensional semiconductor structures and organic conductors (1994) |
| Website | www |
Born in the Netherlands,[10] Janssen obtained a doctor of philosophy from the University of Nijmegen in 1993,[11] before joining the University of Bristol as a research fellow and then moving to NPL in 1998.[12] He is a visiting professor at the Lancaster University.[2]
