Favel Kah

• Sir Peter KnightSir Peter Knight

Professor Sir Knight is Senior Fellow in the Department of Physics at Imperial College and Senior Fellow in the Professional Department of the Royal Kavli Society at Chicheli Hall.

After receiving his PhD from the University of Sussex, Sir Peter joined the Jo Eberle group as a Research Fellow from 1972 to 1974 in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rochester and in the Department of Physics and SLAC at Stanford University, USA.

1974–1976 as SRC Fellow at the University of Sussex; and in 1976 he was a visiting fellow at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.

In 1976 he became a Jubilee Fellow at King's Holloway College 1976-1978 University of London, then received a SERC Fellowship from 1978 to 1983, first at the RHC from 1978 to 1979, moving to Imperial College in 1979.

Since then he has remained at Imperial College (apart from very frequent visits to the US), first as a lecturer in 1983-1987, then in 1987-1988 as a reader and professor since 1988.

Peter was the first to predict that atoms in the presence of intense laser fields would emit waves corresponding to high harmonics, and led the development of a code to describe the effects of such fields on atomic systems.

In 2005, for his work in the field of optical physics, he was knighted in honor of the Queen's birthday.

Knight was Chairman of the UK Department of Defense's Defense Science Advisory Board until 2010 and a member of the Science and Technology Assets Council until 2012. He continues to advise the government on scientific matters. Knight was Chief Scientific Adviser of the UK National Physical Laboratory until the end of 2005. He has received a number of prizes and awards including the Thomas Young Medal and Glazebrook Medal of the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society Medal and the Ives Prize. Medal of the Optical Society (OSA).

In 2010-2013, he is the Chairman of the Group on University Research Scholarships.

He was elected a Fellow of the Council of the Royal Society from 2005 to 2007 and was also a member of their Audit Committee and Chairman of the Hooke Committee in charge of scientific meetings at the Royal Society.

In 2010-2013, he is the Chairman of the Group on University Research Scholarships.

He was elected a Fellow of the Council of the Royal Society from 2005 to 2007 and was also a member of their Audit Committee and Chairman of the Hooke Committee in charge of scientific meetings at the Royal Society.

In 2010-2013, he is the Chairman of the Group on University Research Scholarships.