Professor Jonathan Knight FRS Vice-President (Enterprise)
The Vice-President (Enterprise) is responsible for developing and implementing research partnerships, innovation, and knowledge exchange.
Role
Professor Jonathan Knight took up the post of Vice-President (Enterprise) in August 2021.
Related posts
- Chair of the University 69É«Ç鯬 Committee
- Member of the University Doctoral Studies Committee
- Member of the University Board of Studies – Doctoral Committee
- Member of the GW4 Board
69É«Ç鯬
- Wavelength-scale structures for optical applications including new forms of optical fibre
Publications
Career
After completing his PhD, Jonathan worked as a research fellow at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and at the Optoelectronics 69É«Ç鯬 Centre in Southampton.
He was Head of the Department of Physics here at Bath from 2008 to 2013, and Associate Dean for 69É«Ç鯬 (Science) from 2013 to 2015 when he took up the role of Pro-Vice-Chancellor (69É«Ç鯬).
As Pro-Vice-Chancellor for 69É«Ç鯬, Jonathan assumed responsibility for 69É«Ç鯬 at the University. He also led on the GW4 research infrastructure workstream.
Jonathan was the founding director of the Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials and has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal papers in top-flight international journals. He was the winner of a Leverhulme 69É«Ç鯬 Fellowship (2009), the Institute of Physics Optics and Photonics Division Prize (2012), the Rank Prize for Optoelectronics (2018), a Chinese Academy of Sciences Presidents International Fellowship for Distinguished Scientists (2019) and Fellow of the Royal Society (2019).
Education
Jonathan completed his PhD in 1993 at the University of Cape Town.