Prof Kenneth Grattan

Career: postdoctoral research asst Dept of Physics Imperial Coll of Sci and Tech London 1978-83; City Univ London: lectr in measurement and instrumentation 1983-87, sr lectr 1987-88, reader 1988-91, prof of measurement and instrumentation 1991-, head Dept of Electrical, Electronic & Information Engrg 1991-2001, assoc dean Sch of Engrg and Mathematical Sciences 2001-06, dep dean 2006-08, dean Sch of Informatics and dean Sch of Egrg and Mathematical Sciences 2008-12, dean City Grad Sch 2012-; ed Measurement 2001-; numerous invited lectures and talks to professional bodies and int meetings; Liveryman Worshipful Co of Scientific Instrument Makers 1995 (steward 1998-2011, asst 2011-); FInstP 1992 (memb 1984), FIET (FIEE 1992, memb 1985), FInstMC 1995 (memb 1986, Callendar Medal 1992, vice-pres 1996-99, pres 2000, Hartley Medal 2012), FREng 2008

Books and Publications: Concise Encyclopedia of Measurement and Instrumentation (with L Finkelstein, 1994), Optical Fiber Sensor Technology Vols I-V (with B T Meggitt, 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2000), Fiber Optic Fluorescence Thermometry (with Z Y Zhang, 1995); also author of over 700 papers on measurement, instrumentation and optics in leading int professional jls incl Physical Review, Review of Scientific Instruments, Sensors and Actuators and IEEE Transactions