Martin Richardson

Martin Richardson
Born	(1941-12-20) December 20, 1941 Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK
Nationality	American, British
Alma mater	Imperial College London London University Culham Laboratory, UKAEA
Known for	Photonics Lasers
Awards	Fellow, OSA (1992) Fellow, SPIE (2012) Fellow, IEEE (2013) Fellow, APS (2013) Jefferson Science Fellowship, US DoS (2014) Fellow, IoP (2015) Fellow, AAAS (2015) Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair, US DoS (2016) Fellow, DEPS (2021)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	National Research Council (Canada) University of Rochester University of Central Florida United States Department of State
Thesis	A Tunable Two Frequency Output Giant Pulse Ruby Laser (1967)
Doctoral advisor	Daniel Joseph Bradley
Website	https://lpl.creol.ucf.edu

Martin Richardson (born December 20, 1941) is a British-American scientist and Professor of Physics. He is best known for the development of high power lasers, and for their use in understanding laser-induced plasma.

Biography

Martin Richardson received his B.Sc. in 1964 from Imperial College London. He completed his Ph.D. at London University in 1966, and he completed postdoctoral training Culham Laboratory. Professor Richardson worked at the National Research Council (Canada) until 1979 when he joined the University of Rochester. In 1990, he moved to the University of Central Florida with appointments as a Professor of Physics and as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In 2004, Richardson was invested with the Northrop Grumman Professor of X-ray Photonics, in 2006, he was invested as a University Trustee Chair, and in 2012, he was invested as a Pegasus Professor.

Martin Richardson is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, the Society of Photo-Instrumentation Engineers, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2013, he was awarded an honorary degree, Docteur Honoris Causa, by the University of Bordeaux. In 2014, he served as a Jefferson Science Fellow at the United States Department of State, and in 2016 he held the Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair from the US DoS.