Richard Penty

Richard Penty
Born (1964-09-09) 9 September 1964
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Citizenship British
Fields Physics
Electronic engineering
Photonics
Institutions University of Bath
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Education Repton School
Alma mater Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Richard Vincent Penty, FREng (born 9 September 1964) is a British engineer and academic. He is the current Master of Sidney Sussex College and Professor of Photonics at the University of Cambridge.[1]

Early life

Penty was born on 9 September 1964 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.[2] He was educated at Repton School, an independent school in Repton, Derbyshire.[3] He studied engineering and electrical science at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1986.[3] He remained at Cambridge to undertake postgraduate study in engineering, specialising in nonlinear optical fibre devices.[4] In 1989, he entered his doctoral thesis titled "Novel optical fibre Kerr devices for signal processing".[5] He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1990.[3]

Academic career

After finishing his studies at the University of Cambridge, Penty became a lecturer in the School of Physics at the University of Bath. He held the post from 1990 to 1995.[2] In 1996, he joined the University of Bristol as a lecturer in electrical and electronic engineering.[6] He was promoted to Reader and then Professor of Photonics.[2][6]

In 2001, he moved from Bristol to the University of Cambridge as Professor of Photonics in its Department of Engineering.[4] He was elected a fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 2002.[6] He served as Deputy Vice-Master of the college in 2008 and Vice-Master from 2011 to 2012.[2] He was Acting Master from 2012 to 2013, before his election as the 27th Master of Sidney Sussex College in 2013.[1]

Honours

In 2012, Penty was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).[7]

Personal life

In 1992, Penty married Victoria Frances Mary Eve. They have three children together: two sons and one daughter.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Richard Penty Elected as the 27th Master of the College". Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Prof Richard Penty". People of Today Online. Debrett's. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "PENTY, Prof. Richard Vincent". Who's Who 2015. Oxford University Press. November 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 "eComm seeks initial £500k". Business weekly. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Penty, Richard Vincent (1989). "Novel optical fibre Kerr devices for signal processing". EThOS. The British Library. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 "Professor Richard V Penty". College Fellows and Staff. Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "List of Fellows". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill		 Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
July 2013 - present 		Incumbent
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