Miles Padgett

Miles Padgett
OBE FRS FRSE FInstP
Miles Padgett OBE FRS FRSE FInstP
	Padgett in 2014
Born	Miles John Padgett; 1 June 1963
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Manchester; University of York (BSc); University of St Andrews (MSc); University of Cambridge (PhD);
Known for	Optical angular momentum; Optical tweezers;
Spouse	Heather Reid (m. 2001)
Awards	Young Medal (2009); Max Born Award (2017); Rumford Medal (2019);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics; Optics; Singular Optics; Optical Tweezers; Computational Imaging; Quantum Optics;
Institutions	University of Glasgow;
Thesis	Techniques for ultra-high resolution saturation spectroscopy and laser stabilisation in the 10 μm spectral region (1988)
Doctoral students	Jacqueline Romero
Website	gla.ac.uk/schools/physics/staff/milespadgett

Miles John Padgett (born 1 June 1963) is a Royal Society Research Professor of Optics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. He has held the Kelvin Chair of Natural Philosophy since 2011 and served as Vice Principal for research at Glasgow from 2014 to 2020.

Miles Padgett OBE FRS FRSE FInstP
Padgett in 2014
Born	Miles John Padgett (1963-06-01) 1 June 1963
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Manchester University of York (BSc) University of St Andrews (MSc) University of Cambridge (PhD)
Known for	Optical angular momentum Optical tweezers
Spouse	Heather Reid (m. 2001)
Awards	Young Medal (2009) Max Born Award (2017) Rumford Medal (2019)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics Optics Singular Optics Optical Tweezers Computational Imaging Quantum Optics
Institutions	University of Glasgow
Thesis	Techniques for ultra-high resolution saturation spectroscopy and laser stabilisation in the 10 μm spectral region (1988)
Doctoral students	Jacqueline Romero

Website	gla.ac.uk/schools/physics/staff/milespadgett