David Thomas Delpy, (born 11 August 1948), is a British bioengineer, and

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Professor of Medical

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, at

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Education

Delpy was educated at Heaton Grammar School in Newcastle. He went on to study at

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, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Physics. He was awarded a

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degree by

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Medical physics Medical physics deals with the application of the concepts and methods of physics to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases with a specific goal of improving human health and well-being. Since 2008, medical physics has been incl ...

Career and research

Delpy served as Chief Executive of the

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. As of 2014, he is chairman of the

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and a member of the strategic advisory board of the EPSRC's quantum technologies programme.

Awards and honours

Delpy was appointed

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in the

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for services to engineering and scientific research. He was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

(FRS) in 1999. He was also elected a

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of the

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in 2002. In 2008 he was awarded the

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Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize The Institute of Physics awards numerous prizes to acknowledge contributions to physics research, education and applications. It also offers smaller specific subject-group prizes, such as for PhD thesis submissions. Bilateral awards * The Max B ...

References

External links

"Exclusive Interview: EPSRC's new chief executive, David Delpy"
''Chemistry World'', 11 October 2007
"EPSRC: mutual benefits undermined by war of all against all for funding"
Paul Jump, ''Times Higher Education'', 3 March 2011 *http://www.octnews.org/topic/profile/david-t-delpy/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20120523083232/http://www.ukcds.org.uk/person-Professor_David_Delpy-15.html *http://www.iop.org/news/11/sept/file_52217.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Delpy, David Fellows of the Royal Society Academics of University College London Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Living people British bioengineers 1948 births Place of birth missing (living people) Engineers from Tyne and Wear