Peter Knight (physicist)

Peter Knight FRS HonFInstP
Born	(1947-08-12) 12 August 1947 (age 77) Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Citizenship	British
Education	Bedford Modern School
Alma mater	Sussex University
Awards	Young Medal and Prize (1999) IET Faraday Medal (2019)[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Imperial College London Royal Holloway, University of London
Doctoral advisor	Les Allen
Website	www.imperial.ac.uk/people/p.knight

Sir Peter Leonard Knight FRS HonFInstP (born 12 August 1947) is a British physicist, professor of quantum optics and senior research investigator at Imperial College London, and principal of the Kavli Royal Society International Centre.^[2][3] He is a leading academic in the field of quantum optics and is the recipient of several major awards including the Royal Medal from the Royal Society and the Thomas Young Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics. He is a former president of the Institute of Physics and Optica, the first non North American-based person to take the position.

He is described as "one of the UK’s most influential scientists and leaders of scientific policy" by his peers.^[4]