Andrew Charles Walker

Background

Walker, Andrew Charles was born on June 24, 1948 in Wembley, England. Son of Maurice Frederick and Margaret Florence Rust (Thomson) Walker.

Education

Bachelor, University Essex, England, 1969. Master of Science, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, 1972.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, 1972-1974; research fellow, U. Essex, England, 1974-1975; higher scientific officer, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Culham Laboratory, England, 1975-1983; lecturer, reader, Heriot-Watt U., Edinburgh, Scotland, 1983-1988; professor, Heriot-Watt U., Edinburgh, Scotland, since 1988; director postgraduate studies, Heriot-Watt U., Edinburgh, Scotland, since 1998. Honorary secretary Quantum Elec. Group of Institute Physics, United Kingdom, 1982-1985.

Chairman Scottish Branch of Institute Physics, 1993-1995. Member Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council/Department of Trade & Industry Advanced Devices and Materials Committee, United Kingdom, 1992-1994. Associate professor of University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 1989.

Achievements

• Andrew Charles Walker has been listed as a noteworthy physicist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Edinburgh, Institute Physics, Optical Society of America.

Connections

Married Margaret Elizabeth Mortimer, April 2, 1972. Children: Abigail Elspeth, Edmund Mortimer.

Father:

Maurice Frederick Walker

Mother:

Margaret Florence Rust (Thomson) Walker

Spouse:

Margaret Elizabeth Mortimer

child:

Edmund Mortimer Walker

child:

Abigail Elspeth Walker