Congratulations to Professor Graham Reed, who has been elected to the Fellowship of The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.

Being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) is one of the highest honours a scientist can achieve. Candidates must have made ‘a substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science‘.

Professor Reed is among the earliest pioneers of Silicon Photonics technology, having founded his group in 1989. The group have remained at the forefront of the technology ever since, demonstrating a plethora of world firsts. He is also the founder of LiDAR company Pointcloud, and the CORNERSTONE Silicon Photonics foundry service based at the University of BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, and a Fellow of The IET, Optica, SPIE, The European Optical Society, The Royal Academy of Engineering, and now The Royal Society.

Professor Graham Reed?said: “I am delighted and humbled to be elected as a Fellow of The Royal Society. ?I have been fortunate to work with an incredible group of people over the years, both within my group and beyond, and I see this honour as recognition for the work we have collectively been able to contribute to the field of Silicon Photonics. It is also gratifying to see the technology that we helped to pioneer making a real difference in the world.”

Sir Adrian Smith, President of the Royal Society, said: “It is with great pleasure that I welcome the latest cohort of outstanding researchers into the Fellowship of the Royal Society. Their achievements represent the very best of scientific endeavour, from basic discovery to research with real-world impact across health, technology and policy.

“The strength of the Fellowship lies not only in individual excellence, but in the diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences each new member brings. This cohort represents the truly global nature of modern science and the importance of collaboration in driving scientific breakthroughs.”

The Fellows and Foreign Members join the ranks of Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Lise Meitner, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and Dorothy Hodgkin.