Stephen Mark Barnett#
| Membership Number: | 6322 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/physics/staff/stephenbarnett |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-0733-4524 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - present Royal Society Research Professor
- 2014 - present Cargill Chair of Natural Philosophy at Glasgow University
- 2013 - present Professor of Quantum Theory at Glasgow University
- 2012 - 2013 Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow
- 1996 - 2013 Professor of Quantum Optics at Strathclyde University
- 2001 Royal Society of Edinburgh Scottish Executive Education and Lifelong Learning Department, Support Research Fellow
- 1994 - 1996 Senior Lecturer then Reader in the Department of Physics and Applied Physics at the University of Strathclyde
- 1991 - 1994 Royal Society of Edinburgh and Scottish Office Education Department Research Fellow in the Department of Physics and Applied Physics at the University of Strathclyde
- 1990 - 1991 Lecturer in Physics at King's College London
- 1988 - 1990 GEC and the Fellowship of Engineering Research Fellow in the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University
Fields of Scholarship
- Foundations of quantum and statistical mechanics
- Quantum phase
- Quantum information (generalized measurement, state comparison and identification)
- Optical angular momentum
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Czech Technical University in Prague, Dr.h.c
- 2016 Awarded Royal Society Research Professorship
- 2015 Medal of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague
- 2013 Dirac Medal and Prize awarded by the Institute of Physics
- 2011 Silver Medal of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague
- 2007 - 2012 Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award
- 2006 Quadrennial James Scott Prize Lectureship awarded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 2006 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1996 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 1994 Maxwell Medal and Prize awarded by the Institute of Physics
