Andrew J Waddie

Andrew J. Waddie received the B.Sc. degree in natural philosophy and physics from the University of Edinburgh in 1990, the M.Sc. degree in computing and computer modeling of optoelectronic materials and devices from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1991, and the Ph.D. degree in optoelectronic neural networks from Heriot-Watt University in 1996. He has been a Research Associate with the Diffractive Optics Group, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, since 1996. He has authored over 80 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings (both contributed and invited). His research interests include diffractive and micro-optical design and fabrication, optoelectronic systems, optical beam shaping, and computational electromagnetism. He is a member of the Optical Society of America, the Society of Photonic and Instrumentation Engineers, and the U.K. Institute of Physics.