John R. Hayes

John R. Hayes received the Ph.D. degree from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), Southampton, U.K., for his development of highly innovative microstructured fibers. He joined the ORC in 2003 from industry, where he was with Pirelli developing the vapor axial deposition (VAD) method for the high volume manufacture of single-mode telecoms fibers. He was part of a team that initially transferred VAD technology from Sumitomo Electric Industries in Japan and established a U.K. fiber manufacturing facility, and later became the head in a team of engineers that supported its 24/7 operation. Since joining the ORC, he has created a diverse range of novel microstructured fibers and has coauthored more than 110 conference and journal papers. He is a member of the Optical Society of America.