Background
Girkin, John Michael was born on April 8, 1960 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England. Son of Kenneth Cyril and Valerie Ann (Hunnisett) Girkin.
Girkin, John Michael was born on April 8, 1960 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England. Son of Kenneth Cyril and Valerie Ann (Hunnisett) Girkin.
Bachelor with honors, Oxford (United Kingdom) University, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, Southampton (United Kingdom) University, 1987.
Design engineer Photon Control Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1985-1989. Research physicist Keeler Ltd., Windsor, United Kingdom, 1989-1992, project manager United Kingdom, 1992-1995. Research team leader Institute Photonics Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, 1995-1996, associate director Center for Biophotonics Scotland, since 2000.
Technical advisor/consultant International Standards Organization, London, since 1993.
Married Joan Lesley Morris, August 30, 1985. Children: Michael James, Nicholas Timothy.