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Professor John Barker Biographical Notes |
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1. Education Secondary Education Royal Observer Corps AERE Harwell Higher Education Post-Doctoral Studies 3. Learned Societies and Other Memberships 8. Consultancy/Collaborative work 10. Grant
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Present
position: Emeritus Professor
of Electronics and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of
Glasgow. Graduated in
Physics from the University of Edinburgh in
1966, MSc at Durham University in
1967. PhD in 1969 from the University of Warwick, involved
analytical and Monte Carlo studies of non-equilibrium transport phenomena in
semiconductors. During 1969-70 held a SRC Personal Research Fellowship in the
Physics Department at the University of
Warwick to develop the quantum transport theory of the
masgnetophonon effect. Appointed to a lectureship in Theoretical Physics in
University of Warwick in October 1970. Long standing
interest in theoretical physics, philosophy of science, astronomy,
computational methods, device modelling and electron transport theory which
go back to early work on hot electron physics and the quantum transport
theory of semiconductors. During the late 1970's worked at the IBM T.J.
Watson Laboratory, Yorktown Heights, North Texas State University and
Colorado State University where began investigations into the physics and
modelling of ultra-small and low-dimensional semiconductor devices and
structures. Affiliate Professor of Physics at Colorado State University from
1979-1983. In 1985, appointed as a Professor in the Department of Electronics
and Electrical Engineering where became a co-founder of the Nanoelectronics
Research Centre (and Theory and Modelling Group) at
Glasgow University. 1990 - elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
where he was Convenor of the Mathematics section and more recently of
Convenor of the Electronics and Electrical Engineeering Division.Has been a
member of a number of SERC and EPSRC committees. He is a Fellow of the Royal
Astronomical Society and also a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society.
Affiliate member of the Institute of Physics. Member of the
Nomads club. Current research
projects include studies in single electronics, quantum traffic theory,
quantum transport theory, Non-equilibrium Green function theory, silicon-germanium
HMOS devices, semiconductor device modelling, Monte Carlo simulation,
molecular electronics, nanoelectronics, parallel computer architectures,
confocal microscopy of arteries, impact craters, artificial olfaction, smart
dust, computer vision and pattern recognition. He has published over 300
scientific papers. |
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Secondary Education Attended New Mills Grammar
School (1954-61), Head Boy (1960-61). Higher Education B.Sc Hons Physics University of Edinburgh (1966); M.Sc Durham University (1967); PhD Physics Department at the
University of Warwick
(1969). Postgraduate work at
Warwick University was supervised by Dr Cliff Hearn of the Theoretical
Physics group and involved extensive collaboration with the Royal Radar
Establishment at Malvern and Dr Tony Stradling's group at the Clarendon
Laboratory, Oxford University, The research involved the theory and
pioneering Monte Carlo studies of very non-equilibrium photo-excited electron
transport phenomena (hot electrons) in semiconductors. Post-Doctoral Awarded Science Research
Council (SRC) Personal Research Fellowship (1969-1971) in the Physics
Department at the University of Warwick to develop the quantum transport
theory of the magnetophonon effect.This work involved collaboration with an
experimental Physics group at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University,
involving Dr Tony Stradling and Dr Lawrence Eaves. |
Royal
Observer Corps
Member of
the Royal Observer Corps, Echo One Post, North
West Derbyshire, 18 Group (1957-62) Observer: Radiation monitoring, Observation and
tracking of low flying aircraft. AERE Harwell
1964 awarded a Vacation Studentship to work
throughout the summer vacation at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) at Harwell. |
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Lectureship in Theoretical
Physics in University of Warwick (1970-1985) (senior lecturer
1984). Extended periods as
visiting scientist/consultant appointed at: Visiting Professor at Paris
Universite VII (Group de Physique des Solides)(1977); Visiting Professor, Physics
Dept., North Texas State University (1978); Visiting Scientist, IBM T.J.
Watson Laboratory, Yorktown Heights, New York State (1978); Visiting Professor,
Colorado State University (1978,1979); Visiting Scientist,
NORDITA, the Neils Bohr Institute, Copenhagen (1980); Visiting Scientist, Bell
Laboratories, Murray Hill (1980, 1981); Visiting Scientist, US Army
Electronics and Devices Laboratory, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey (1981); Affiliate (Full) Professor
of Physics at Colorado State University (1979-1983). Professor of Electronics in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow (1985-2008) and co-founder of the Nanoelectronics Research Centre (and founder of the Theory and Modelling Group). |
3. Learned Societies and Other
Memberships Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh (1990) (Convenor of the Mathematics
section; Convenor of the Electronics and Electrical Engineeering Section;
various committees, Enterprise Mentor, Adviser Scottish Parliament on
Nanotechnology). Fellow of
the British Interplanetary Society (1991). Fellow of the
Royal Astronomical Society (1999) Affiliate
member of the Institute
of Physics. Council
Member of the Royal
Philosophical Society of Glasgow (since 2010). Member and
Treasurer of the Nomads Club (Glasgow). Chairman of Alderman Callow Community College
Association (1972-7), vice-Chairman of Governing Body of Alderman Callow
Community School, Coventry. |
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Research interests: theoretical physics,
quantum mechanics and many-body quantum field theory, computational methods,
hot electron transport theory and the quantum transport theory of
semiconductors, single electronics, quantum traffic theory, non-equilibrium
Green function theory, silicon-germanium HMOS devices, semiconductor device
modelling, Monte Carlo simulation, molecular electronics, nanoelectronics,
parallel computer architectures, confocal microscopy of arteries, impact
craters, artificial olfaction, smart dust, computer vision and pattern
recognition. Main
application areas: nanoscience/nanoelectronics/nanotechnology. Long
standing interest in Philosophy of Science. Instrumental in founding the
joint degree in Physics and Philosophy at Warwick University in the 1970s. Long standing interest in Astronomy with research
interests in smart dust applications for remote sensing, remote detection of
impact craters on planetary surfaces, gravitational lensing, image processing
and pattern recognition. |
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Undergraduate courses
taught at the University of Glasgow 1985-2008 Electromagnetic Fields and
Waves III 20L +Lab Physical and
Optoelectronics IV 20L + Lab Transmission lines and Waveguide
Theory III 20L +Lab Communications Theory IV
20L Semiconductor Theory and
Devices IV 20L Artificial Intelligence IV
20L+PROLOG Lab Engineering Mathematics
III: Probability and Statistics III 20L VLSI Design IV 20L + Design
Lab Image and Data Processing
IV 20L + Computer Lab Engineering Mathematics II
20L + Computer Lab Postgraduate courses
taught at the University of Glasgow 1985-2008 Introduction to
Nanoelectronics Theory Digital Signal Processing
II Advanced Quantum Mechanics Quantum Transport Theory Non-equilibrium Green
Function Theory Image Processing and
Pattern Recognition System on a chip:
architectures-an overview (at the Institute for System Level Integration) Courses taught at Colorado State University
1978-83. Undergraduate Electromagnetic field theory 25 L Postgraduate Solid State Theory 20 L Quantum Transport Theory 20 L |
Undergraduate courses taught at the University of
Warwick (Physics) 1970-1985 Mechanics (year 1) Concepts of Theoretical Physics (years 2/3) Celestial Mechanics (year 3) Hamiltonian Physics (year 2) Advanced Classical Mechanics (year 2) Advanced Mathematical Techniques (year 3) Hot Electron Physics (year 3) Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Theory (year 3) Philosophical Foundations of Statistical Physics
(year 3) Variational methods in Physics (year 2) Information Theory and Noise (year 2) VLSI Microelectronics (year 3) Relativistic Cosmology (year 3) Postgraduate courses taught at the University of
Warwick (Physics) 1970-1985 Transport theory 40L Quantum transport theory 20L Green functions for solid state physics 25l Disordered systems 20L Space-time models in cosmology 20L Advanced topics in solid state physics 25L Computational physics 20L Advanced Quantum Mechanics Postgraduate Courses taught at North Texas
University (Physics) 1978. Photexcited Hot Electrons 20 L Advanced topics in solid state theory 20 L Other Courses Short courses 4 - 6 lectures were given at Modena
University, Paris University VII, Niels Bohr Institute, IBM T J Watson
Centre, Bell Labs Murray Hill. |
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Extra-Mural Courses A number of extra mural
courses under the University of Birmingham Extra Mural Scheme were given
including: 1.Introduction to the
natural philosophy of space,time and matter (20L) 1972 2.Einstein:the first 100
years (20L) 1979 3.Hitch-Hikers guide to the
silicon chip (20L) 1980(repeated twice), 1981, 1982 4.Computers and robots: an
introduction to artificial intelligence (20L) 1983 5.Institute of Physics
"Frontiers" programme (1976-82) Lectures given to 6th
Form Conferences, Schools, Astronomical Societies, Philosophical Societies in
the UK (1970-2010) Causality and Determinism Modern Astronomy Philosophical Basis of
Modern Physics The Cultural Impact of
Physics Cosmological Problems Implications of Spaceflight Organisation of British
Science Interpretations of Quantum
Mechanics Comprehensive Education: a
history Community Development Stellar Evolution Dynamical Theories of
Saturn's Rings The Moons of Jupiter and
Saturn High Temperature Superconductivity Supercomputing in the
eighties Asteroid impacts and their
detection Post Cambrian Intelligence Exploring Mars from
Gilmorehill Nanotechnology Television and Radio
broadcasts Devised and presented three
30 minute documentaries for Central Television's VENTURE programme in 1982.
They involved the history of the microcomputer and covered ancient techniques
for computation (e.g the abacus) via transistors and integrated circuits to
modern computer and information technology. I was fortunate in being able to
borrow original resources including historical integrated circuit, various
robots and computerised equipment. Special effects were introduced including
filming from the air and from "within" an electron microscope. The
programmes were recorded before an audience. Made several other short
filmed reports for Central TV in 1982-83 including coverage of the IRAS
satellite programme and the launch event. Co-presenter and technical
consultant to 6 children's TV programmes made in 1983: the Magic Micro
Mission, which mixed interviews with sportsmen, musicians, dancers,
scientists with technical information on computers and computer games. During the late 1980s and
early 1990s I prepared and in some cases presented material for other TV
programmes including: Tomorrow's World, Horizon, and similar programmes on
ITV and US programmes. 1998 lecture at the
Edinburgh Science Festival (Towards the age of the Nanocomputer") was
held in the Edinburgh Royal Museum and was filmed for Discovery channels
Sci-Trek channel. Between 1982 and 1997 I
made a number of contributions to scientific programmes on local and national
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Special Lectures 1.Guest Lecturer: North
Texas University (1978) Public Lecture: Community Education in Great Britain 2.Einstein Symposium (1979)
: Einstein ,Quanta and Reality Einstein in the Seventies 3.Institute of Physics
Lectures: Pseudoscience; Sub-Micron Electronics 4.Warwick Teachers Conference(1980):
Physics of sub-micron semiconductor devices 5.British Association for
he Advancement of Science(1980): the sub-micron revolution 6.British Science Fiction
Writers Association (1980): Microscience. 7.Association for Science
Education (1980): Sub-micron science:the new world of the quantum chip 8. Information Technology
Year Programme: lectures in Birmingham, Leamington Spa, Solihull on
Information Science and Engineering (1982) 9.Guest lecturer at the
opening of the Microtechnology in Schools meeting in Solihull, (1982) 10. Institute of Data
Management, (1984), Computing with Cellular Automata. 11.British Computer Society
(1985): Optical Computing 12. Royal Society (London),
lectures on Molecular Electronics (1990). 13. Distinguished Science
Lecturer, Yale University: 3 public lectures:The limit of information
technology; Molecular scale logic with fluids; Trajectory representations of
single electronics. (1992) 14. Edinburgh Science
Festival (1993) Lecture on "Nanoelectronics: engineering with single
electrons and molecules". 15. The Royal Society
(London) "Nanoscale Electronics" Press Briefings in Modern Science,
London (1993) 16.Royal Society of
Chemistry, Review Lecture in Chemistry, St Andrews University,"Prospects
for molecular scale electronics" (1994) 17.Association for Science
Education Keynote Lecture: Association for Science Education Annual
Conference, "The Future of Electronics", March (1998). 18. Royal Society of
Chemistry Invited Speaker at Aberdeen University: "Artificial Olfaction."
(1998). 19. Edinburgh Science
Festival Michaelson Memorial Lecture in Computer Science: "The Age of
the Nanocomputer" (1998) 20. IEE sponsored lectures:
Engineering for diversity(2001) 21. Glasgow Science
Festival: Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - The Smile on the Face of
the Quantum. |
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Chairman and Director of
the 4th International Workshop on Progress in Non-Equilibrium Green's
Functions, Glasgow (2009). Co-director of Advanced
Research Workshop on Quantum transport theory , Maratea, Italy, ( 2001); Chairman and Director,
Workshop on Quantum TransportTheory, Glasgow (2000) Chairman and Director, 7th
International Workshop on Computational Electronics Glasgow, ( 2000). Co-Director NATO Advanced
Study Institute:"Granular Nanoelectronics" (1990) with D. K. Ferry,
C. Jacoboni, Il Ciocco, Pisa, Italy Director: Royal Society
Town Meeting on Molecular Electronics (1990) Director: SERC Winterschool
on Molecular Electronics , Glasgow (1990) Co-organiser: ONR Workshop
on Cellular automata and quantum dots, London, (1990) Co-director NATO Advanced
Research Institute, with R, Dingle and L. Eastman, on Microelectronics,
Structures, Complexity, Les Deux Alpes, Grenoble(1982) Co-Director with W.
Fawcett,Workshop on VLSI - sub-micron devices and circuits, RSRE, Malvern,UK,
1980 Co-Director NATO Advanced
Study Institute:Physics of Non-Linear Transport in Semiconductors, with D. K.
Ferry, C. Jacoboni, Sogesta, Italy (1979); Co-director of Advanced
Research Workshop on Quantum transport theory , Maratea, Italy, ( 2001); Participated in a number of
international Industry-Government-Academe scientific strategy meetings in
Britain, the US, Europe and Japan Member of the Programm
Committees and International Advisory Committees of a large number of
international conferences. |
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Over
340 scientific publications
Selected
Publications 1968-1990 Selected Publications
1991-2010 |
