Derek Abbott
| Derek Abbott | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 May 1960 South Kensington, London |
| Residence | Australia United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | British Australian |
| Fields |
Physicist and Electronic Engineer |
| Institutions |
University of Adelaide Austek Microsystems GEC Hirst Research Centre |
| Alma mater |
Loughborough University University of Adelaide |
| Doctoral advisor |
Kamran Eshraghian Bruce R. Davis |
| Other academic advisors | Michael A. Brown |
| Doctoral students |
Mark D. McDonnell Adrian P. Flitney |
| Other notable students | Azhar Iqbal |
| Known for |
Parrondo's paradox T-rays |
| Influences | Nicholas J. Phillips |
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Website Derek Abbott's Home Page |
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Derek Abbott (born 3 May 1960, in South Kensington, London, UK) is a physicist and electronic engineer.
In the 1969-1971 period, he was a boarder at Copthorne Preparatory School, Sussex, UK.
During 1971-1978 he attended the Holland Park School London.
In late 1977, he began work at GEC Hirst Research Centre, Wembley, UK, performing research in the area of CCD and microchip design for imaging systems. Whilst working, he graduated in 1982 with a BSc in Physics from Loughborough University,. In 1986, he began work as a microchip designer at Austek Microsystems in Adelaide, Australia. In 1987, he joined the University of Adelaide completing his PhD thesis in Electrical & Electronic Engineering in 1995, entitled GaAs MESFET Photodetectors for Imaging Arrays, under Kamran Eshraghian and Bruce R. Davis.
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