Pete Vukusic
Pete Vukusic is a British physicist . He has been a full professor of bio- photonics at the University of Exeter since 2013 .
Life
After completing his PhD , Vukusic turned his back not only on the world of higher education, but also on research as a whole: He first became a physics teacher at a secondary school. After about three years, however, he returned to science: his doctoral supervisor brought him to a project on butterflies as an unpaid postdoc . Vukusic initially had to earn his living by teaching. After just six months, however, Vukusic was able to apply for funding for three years from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
Vukusic then won a 5-year David Phillips Research Fellowship (2001-2006) at the BBSRC. In the meantime, he successfully applied for a position as lecturer for optics at his university (2003–2005); In 2005 he was promoted to Senior Lecturer and in 2008 to Associate Professor .
Publications
- P. Vukusic: Structural color: elusive iridescence strategies brought to light . In: Current Biology , volume 21, no.5 . 2011, p. R187-R189 , doi : 10.1016 / j.cub.2011.01.049 .
- P. Vukusic: Natural designs for manipulating the appearance of surfaces, 20th Biennial Symposium of the International-Color-Vision-Society, University of Minho , Braga, Portugal, OPHTHALMIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL OPTICS, volume 30, no.5 . 2010, p. 435-445 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1475-1313.2010.00742.x .
- P. Vukusic: Advanced photonic systems on the wing-scales of lepidoptera , Springer Netherlands . 2009, p. 237-258 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-1-4020-6697-9_13 .
- P. Vukusic: Materials science. Evolutionary photonics with a twist . In: Science , volume 325, no.5939 . 2009, p. 398-399 , doi : 10.1126 / science.1177729 .
Prizes and awards
- 2014 Lawrence Bragg Prize from the Institute of Physics
- 2013: Kohn Award from the Royal Society
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vukusic, Pete |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |