John W. Bowen was born in Malvern, U.K., in 1963. He received the B.Sc. (Hons) degree in physics from Queen Mary College, University of London, London, U.K., in 1985, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of London in 1993. His doctoral work focused on techniques for wideband millimeter-wave and terahertz spectrometry. He took up a Lectureship with the University of Reading, Reading, U.K., in 1993, where he is now an Associate Professor in cybernetics with the School of Systems Engineering. He has authored over 100 academic publications in the field of millimeter-wave and terahertz (THz) technology. His research interests include the development of THz systems and techniques, quasi-optics, THz spectroscopy of biological systems, and THz applications in art and archaeology. Dr. Bowen is a Chartered Physicist. He is a member of the Institute of Physics, a member of the Optical Society of America, the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, and the European Optical Society. He was the sole winner of the 1989 National Physical Laboratory Metrology Award for his invention of a wideband millimeter-wave noise source.