Cavendish Laboratory: Difference between revisions

# [[James Clerk Maxwell]] FRS FRSE 1871–1879

# Sir [[Joseph J. Thomson]] FRS 1884–1919

# [[Ernest Rutherford]] FRS, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson 1919–1937

# Sir [[William Lawrence Bragg]] CH OBE MC FRS 1938–1953

# Sir [[Nevill Francis Mott]] CH FRS 1954–1971

# Sir [[Brian Pippard]] FRS<ref name=pippard>{{Cite journal |last1=Longair |first1=M. S. |author-link=Malcolm Longair |last2=Waldram |first2=J. R. |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2009.0014 |title=Sir Alfred Brian Pippard. 7 September 1920 – 21 September 2008 |journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] |volume=55 |pages=201–220 |year=2009 |doi-access=}}</ref> 1971–1984

# Sir [[Sam Edwards (physicist)|Sam Edwards]] FRS 1984–1995

# Sir [[Richard Friend]] FRS FREng<ref name=friendswho/> 1995–2020

# Professor Sir [[Alan Cook (physicist)|Alan Cook]] FRS FRSE 1979–1984

# Professor [[Archie Howie]] CBE FRS 1989–1997

# Professor [[Malcolm Longair]]† CBE FRS FRSE 1997–2005

# Professor [[Peter Littlewood]] FRS 2005–2011

# Professor [[James Stirling (physicist)|James Stirling]]† CBE FRS 2011–2013

{{As of|2023}} the laboratory is headed by Mete Atature.<ref name=atature>{{cite web |url=https://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/ataturem |title=Professor of Physics, Fellow, Director of Studies and Tutor at St. John’s College |date=3 October 2023 |publisher=University of Cambridge }}</ref> and theThe [[Cavendish Professor of Physics]] is Sir [[Richard Friend]].<ref name=friendswho>{{Who's Who |title=FRIEND, Sir Richard (Henry) |id=U16499 |volume=2015 |edition=online [[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref>

{{As of|2015}} senior academic staff ([[Professorprofessor]]s or [[Reader (academic rank)|Readerreader]]s) include:<ref name=staff>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012181705/http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/ |archive-date=2014-10-12 |url=http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/ |title=Academic staff at the Cavendish Laboratory |publisher=University of Cambridge}}</ref>

# [[Jeremy Baumberg]] FRS, Professor of Nanoscience and Fellow of [[Jesus College, Cambridge]]

# [[Athene Donald]] FRS, Professor of Experimental Physics, Master of [[Churchill College, Cambridge]]

# Sir [[Richard Friend]] FRS, [[FREng]], [[Cavendish Professor of Physics]] and Fellow of [[St John's College, Cambridge]]

# Sir [[Michael Pepper]] FRS, Kt, Honorary Professor of Pharmaceutical Science in the University of Otago, New Zealand

# [[Didier Queloz]] FRS, professor at the Battcock Centre for Experimental Astrophysics

# [[James F. Scott|James Floyd Scott]] FRS, professor and director of research

# [[Benjamin Simons|Ben Simons]] FRS, [[Herchel Smith]] Professor of Physics

# [[Henning Sirringhaus]] FRS, Hitachi Professor of Electron Device Physics and head of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Group

# [[Sarah Teichmann]] FRS, principal research associate and Fellow of [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]

# [[Mick Brown (physicist)|Mick Brown]] FRS, emeritus professor

# [[Volker Heine]], FRS, emeritus professor

# [[Brian Josephson]], FRS, emeritus professor

# [[Archibald Howie]], FRS, emeritus professor

# [[Malcolm Longair]], CBE, FRS, FRSE, Emeritus Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy

# [[Gil Lonzarich]], FRS Emeritus Professor of Condensed Matter Physics and professorial fellow at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]

# [[Bryan Webber]], FRS Emeritus Professor of Theoretical High Energy Physics and professorial fellow at [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]]

Besides the Nobel Laureates, the Cavendish has many distinguished alumni includinginclude: