Polina awarded 2021 IOP Thomas Young Medal

Huge congratulations to Head of ONG Professor Polina Bayvel for winning 2021 Thomas Young Medal and Prize for distinguished contributions to the development of optical communications and the understanding of the physics and mitigation of nonlinear phenomena in optical fibre transmission.

This is the first Thomas Young award for a UCL academic, and Polina the first woman to receive the award. She said:

"I am deeply honoured to receive this award. Young was an exceptional polymath, who made major contributions to optics and so many other fields – it is humbling to receive an award bearing his name, and doubly so to be the first UCL recipient.  

Our department has a long history of pioneering research in optics and wave propagation in different media, and I receive the award in tribute and gratitude to my two mentors who sadly passed away this year, Professor Sir Eric Ash and Professor John Midwinter, and to my colleagues and students contributing to the world-leading optical communications research of our Optical Networks Group."

Read the full EEE news item below. 

Professor Polina Bayvel wins 2021 IOP Thomas Young Medal

Many congratulation to Polina from all of the Optical Networks Group!