Patrick Gill (physicist)
Patrick Gill is a British physicist in the field of metrology .
Gill received the DPhil from Oxford University and went to the National Physical Laboratory in 1975 . One of his main research areas is the development of ion traps for optical frequency standards. These have the potential to redefine the SI unit of the second .
He was visiting professor at Oxford and Imperial College London .
Awards
- 1999 Tompion Medal from the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- 2007 II Rabi Award of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium
- 2008 Young Medal from the Institute of Physics
- 2016 member of the Royal Society
- 2020 Royal Society Rumford Medal
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| SURNAME | Gill, Patrick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |