British bioengineer
David Thomas Delpy , CBE FRS FMedSci FREng [ 4] (born 11 August 1948), is a British bioengineer , and Hamamatsu Professor of Medical Photonics , at University College London .[ 1] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Education
Delpy was educated at Heaton Grammar School in Newcastle. He went on to study at Brunel University , graduating with a first class Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Physics. He was awarded a Doctor of Science degree by University College London in Medical physics .[ 1]
Career and research
Delpy served as Chief Executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council .[when? ] [ 3] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
As of 2014, he is chairman of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council [ 14] and a member of the strategic advisory board of the EPSRC's quantum technologies programme.[ 3]
Awards and honours
Delpy was appointed CBE in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to engineering and scientific research.[ 15] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1999.[ 1] He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering [ 4] in 2002.
In 2008 he was awarded the Institute of Physics Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize .[ 16]
References
^ a b c d e Anon (2017). "Delpy, Prof. David Thomas" . Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi :10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U13434 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Hillman, Elizabeth (2002). Experimental and theoretical investigations of near infrared tomographic imaging methods and clinical applications (PDF) (PhD thesis). University College London. OCLC 1000838839 . EThOS uk.bl.ethos.268884 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2018 .
^ a b c No regrets, says outgoing EPSRC chief David Delpy , Times Higher Education 2014-04-17
^ a b "List of Fellows" . Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2014 .
^ David Delpy publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
^ David Delpy's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
^ Delpy, D. T.; Cope, M.; Zee, P. V. D.; Arridge, S.; Wray, S.; Wyatt, J. (1988). "Estimation of optical pathlength through tissue from direct time of flight measurement". Physics in Medicine and Biology . 33 (12): 1433– 1442. Bibcode :1988PMB....33.1433D . doi :10.1088/0031-9155/33/12/008 . PMID 3237772 . S2CID 250734796 .
^ Wray, S; Cope, M; Delpy, D. T.; Wyatt, J. S.; Reynolds, E. O. (1988). "Characterization of the near infrared absorption spectra of cytochrome aa3 and haemoglobin for the non-invasive monitoring of cerebral oxygenation". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics . 933 (1): 184– 92. doi :10.1016/0005-2728(88)90069-2 . PMID 2831976 .
^ Arridge, S. R.; Schweiger, M; Hiraoka, M; Delpy, D. T. (1993). "A finite element approach for modeling photon transport in tissue". Medical Physics . 20 (2): 299– 309. Bibcode :1993MedPh..20..299A . doi :10.1118/1.597069 . PMID 8497214 .
^ Cope, M; Delpy, D. T. (1988). "System for long-term measurement of cerebral blood and tissue oxygenation on newborn infants by near infra-red transillumination". Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing . 26 (3): 289– 94. doi :10.1007/bf02447083 . PMID 2855531 . S2CID 7168258 .
^ Delpy, D.; Ankel-Simons, F; Chatrath, P. S.; Kay, R. S.; Williams, B; Fleagle, J. G.; Gebo, D. L.; Beard, C. K.; Dawson, M; Tattersall, I; Rose, K. D. (2009). "Peer review and impact statements vital to UK research" . Nature . 460 (7254): 456. Bibcode :2009Natur.460..456D . doi :10.1038/460456b .
^ Delpy, David ; Armitt, John (2011). "Physical sciences: Research council will support excellence" . Nature . 479 (7373): 299. Bibcode :2011Natur.479..299D . doi :10.1038/479299d .
^ Bhattacharya, Ananyo (2012). "Science funding: Duel to the death. Physicists, chemists and mathematicians in the United Kingdom are furious about funding reforms that they say threaten blue-skies research" . Nature . 488 (7409): 20– 2. doi :10.1038/488020a . PMID 22859184 .
^ "New chair of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council" . GOV.UK. 14 January 2014.
^ "No. 60895" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b9.
^ "2008 Franklin medal and prize" . Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019 .
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