Richard Penty

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 studied engineering at the University of Cambridge, graduating in 1986. He stayed on to study nonlinear optical fibre devices and achieved a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 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.^[4] He was promoted to Reader and then Professor of Photonics.^[2][4]

In 2001, he moved from Bristol to the University of Cambridge as Professor of Photonics in its Department of Engineering.^[3] He became a fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 2002.^[4] 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).^[5]

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