I met Chris in NUIG during my bachelor of science we were his last final year class to teach before he retired from teaching, and I think he is a major reason why 7 out of 18 in our class went on to do an optics related MSc or PhD.
OSA travelling lecture in the blue lecture room ICFO 20th of March 2018.
He is now a very active consultant for many optics based industries in Ireland and the UK, in particular works with a company in Galway in developing smart phone cameras. This is what his talk focused on, explaining in detail what the limitations of these devices are but also what the future plans are. His presentation was clear and understandable for the audience of master and PhD students as well as postdocs and some group leaders that filled our lecture room.
Chris’ genuine interest in all things optics is, I think, what makes him such a pleasure to listen to and discuss with. On top of giving his lecture Chris spent his day at ICFO visiting labs and interacting with students who showed him their research and consulted with him about some of their ideas both during our coffee session and in one on one meetings.
Informal round table with Chris discussing science and career progression and the trials and benefits experienced undertaking a career in science.
We the members of OSA and the students at ICFO are very grateful to the OSA for giving us this opportunity to learn from such successful scientist year after year. The travelling lecturer grant as well as providing the chance to hear from scientist from all over the world allows the organising committee the chance to organise small events developing skills which will beneficial in our future for organising seminar and conferences.
Some of the members of the coffee session with Chris.
