Prof. Colin James Richard Sheppard

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Prof. Colin J. R. Sheppard obtained his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge (1973). He was a University Lecturer at the University of Oxford and an Official Fellow at Pembroke College. He received a DSc degree in Physical Sciences from the University of Oxford in 1986. From 1989, he was Professor of Physics and Head of the Physical Optics Department at the University of Sydney. From 2003, he was Professor and Head of the Department of Bioengineering at the National University of Singapore. From 2012 to 2017 he was at the Italian Institute of Technology as Senior Scientist. Professor Sheppard is currently an Honorary Professor at the UNSW Sydney, Australia; External Collaborator and Visiting Scientist with the Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa; and Supernumerary Fellow of Pembroke College Oxford. He was elected as a Fellow of OSA, SPIE, IEE, Institute of Physics, Japan Society for Applied Physics, and the Royal Microscopical Society. He was Vice-President of the International Commission for Optics (ICO) and President of the International Society for Optics Within Life Sciences (OWLS).

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Honors and Awards

Gyr and Landis Prize

IEE

1982. For practical achievement in electrical engineering, prize of £500.

Academic Enterprise Award

British Technology Group

1982. Prize to commercialize a new high-technology product.

Finalist and Commendation, Prince of Wales Award for Industrial Innovation and Production

Presented by HRH Prince Charles on BBC TV 'Tomorrow's World'

1983

Fellow

Royal Microscopical Society

1983

Fellow

Institution of Electrical Engineers

1983

Metrology Award

National Physical Laboratory, UK.

1984. Cash prize and a research grant.

Medal

Tokyo University Institute of Industrial Science, Japan

1984

Vavilov Medal

Ukrainian Optical Society

1995

ISATA Mercedes Award

ISATA

1998. For the overall best paper at the ISATA conference.

Research Award

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2003. For internationally-recognized cutting-edge researchers at the peak of their careers. Laudation: ‘Professor Sheppard is an optical scientist whose work is internationally recognized for its unusual combination of breadth and depth. He invented two-photon microscopy and published pioneering papers on high-resolution confocal microscopy. Especially important in his work is the modeling of light propagation including the vectorial properties of the field and ultrafast pulses.’

Fellow

Institute of Physics, UK

2004

Karl-Friedrich Bonhöffer Medal

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

2006. Presented by Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell.

Optics and Photonics Division Prize

Institute of Physics, UK

2006. Biennial prize for contributions to optics.

Best poster prize

SMA International Conference 2008 & 5th International Symposium on Nanomanufacturing

2008. Singapore 23-25 Jan (with SMA student Tang Wai Teng).

Best paper award

IEEE 15th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits (IPTA)

2008. Singapore 7-11 July (with ECE student Goh Szu Huat).

Fellow

Optical Society of America (now Optica)

2012. Citation: ‘For pioneering contributions in micro and nano laser micromanipulation including optical tweezers and atom optics, as well as nano-optics with applications in biophotonics.’

Fellow International

Japan Society for Applied Physics

2013. As at 2013, there were 7 Fellows International out of 23,000 members. Citation: ‘Pioneering study and development of confocal and laser scanning microscopy and their contribution to applied physics in Japan.’

Silver Medal

School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, China

2014.. Xinlin Forum Guest Speaker.

Silver Medal

Coherent User Group Meeting, Genova, Italy.

2015. Celebrating 40 years of pioneering work on scanning optical microscopy, from Oxford to Genoa.

Fellow

SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics)

2016.

Galaleo Galilei Medal

Italian Society for Optics and Photonics

2017

‘Friend of Genoa’

Genoa Chamber of Commerce

2017

Special issue of Asian Journal of Physics

Asian Journal of Physics (ISSN: 0971-3973)

2021. Special issue in my honour was published, 30 (8,9), Aug.-Sept. pp. 1213-1406, 18 papers by 60 authors. https://asianjournalofphysics.com/volume-30-nos-8-9-2/

Experience

Professor of Physics and Head of Physical Optics Department

University of Sydney

01 Sep 1989 - 01 Sep 2003

Australian Academy of Sciences, Bede Morris Fellowship

Universty of Besançon, France

01 Jul 1995 - 01 Oct 1995

Australian Academy of Sciences/Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship

Osaka University

01 Oct 1993 - 01 Oct 1993

University Lecturer

University of Oxford, Engineering Science

01 Sep 1979 - 01 Sep 1989

Official Fellow and Tutor in Engineering

Pembroke College Oxford

01 Sep 1979 - 01 Sep 1989

Royal Society/Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship

Tokyo University, Institute of Industrial Science

01 Jul 1984 - 01 Apr 1985

University Lecturer

University College London, Electronic Engineering

01 Jan 1979 - 01 Sep 1979

College Lecturer

Oriel College Oxford

01 Jan 1979 - 01 Jul 1979

Advanced Felllow

Science and Engineering Research Council

01 Sep 1976 - 01 Dec 1978

Junior Research Fellow

St. John's College, Oxford

01 Sep 1975 - 01 Sep 1978

Research Officer

Oxford University, Department of Engineering Science

01 Sep 1974 - 01 Sep 1976

Engineer

English Electric Valve Company

01 Sep 1972 - 01 Sep 1974

University Apprentice, Cambridge University

British Petroleum

01 Sep 1965 - 01 Aug 1971

Engineering Trainee

British Oxygen

01 Apr 1965 - 01 Jun 1965

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