Miles J. Padgett

workplaces = doctoral_students = Jacqueline Romero known_for = awards = Plainlist| Young Medal (2009) He has held the Kelvin Chair of Natural Philosophy since 2011 and served as Vice Principal for research at Glasgow from 2014 to 2020.

Education Padgett was educated at the University of Manchester, the University of York, the University of St Andrews, and Trinity College, Cambridge, The research group he leads is best known for its work on the fundamental properties of light's angular momentum, including optical tweezers and optical spanners, the use of orbital angular momentum states to extend the alphabet of optical communication (with both classical and quantum light), and demonstrations of an angular form of the EPR paradox. Padgett's research has been published in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals including Science, Nature, Physical Review Letters,

Awards and honours Padgett was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in 2001, His nomination for the Royal Society reads: centred Padgett is internationally recognised for his leadership in the field of optics and in particular of optical momentum. His best known contributions include an optical spanner for spinning micron-sized objects, use of orbital angular momentum to increase the data capacity of communication systems and an angular form of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) quantum paradox. from the European Physical Society, in 2017 the Max Born Award of The Optical Society (OSA) and in 2019 the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society. Padgett is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP).

Personal life As of 2021, Padgett resides in Glasgow with his wife Heather Reid and their daughter, Jenna.