Ian Walmsley is Hooke Professor of Experimental Physics, Professorial Fellow of St Hugh’s College and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation). Prior to being appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor in February 2009, he was Head of Atomic and Laser Physics at Oxford, and served as Director of the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester in the US. Between 2011 and 2014 he was also responsible for Academic Services and University Collections. His research is in the areas of ultrafast optics and quantum optics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Optical Society of America, the American Physical Society, and the UK Institute of Physics, as well as a Science Delegate for Oxford University Press, a member of the Board of Directors of Oxford University Innovation and Director of the Networked Quantum Information Technologies (NQIT) Hub, part of the UK National Quantum Technology Programme.

As Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Professor Walmsley oversees the University’s research and innovation strategies and policies. He chairs the University’s Research Committee and is responsible for coordinating the University's relationships with its major research funders and the engagement of research activity with wider audiences.

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