Jonathan C. Knight

Jonathan Cave Knight
Born17 June 1964 (1964-06-17)
Lusaka, Zambia
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
Known forPhotonic-crystal fiber
Optical Fibers
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, photonics
InstitutionsUniversity of Bath
Thesis Whispering gallery mode microlaser in a capillary fibre  (1993)
Doctoral advisorG N Robertson, H S T Driver

Jonathan C. Knight, FRS (born 1964, in Lusaka) is a British physicist. He is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) for the University of Bath where he has been Professor in the Department of Physics since 2000, and served as head of department. From 2005 to 2008, he was founding Director of the university's Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials.