David Delpy
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{{short description|British bioengineer}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = David Delpy
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR| CBE |FRS |FMedSci |FREng|size=100%}}
| image = EWS28.01 - Professor John Clifton and Professor David Delpy.jpg
| caption = Delpy (right)
| birth_name = David Thomas Delpy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|08|11}}{{Who's Who | author=Anon| title=Delpy, Prof. David Thomas | id = U13434 | year = 2017 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U13434 | edition = online Oxford University Press|location=Oxford}}
| workplaces = University College London
| doctoral_students = Elizabeth Hillman{{Cite thesis|degree=PhD|url=http://orion.bme.columbia.edu/~hillman/Elizabeth_Hillman_PhDthesis2002.pdf|title=Experimental and theoretical investigations of near infrared tomographic imaging methods and clinical applications|last=Hillman|first=Elizabeth|date=2002|publisher=University College London|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.268884}}|oclc=1000838839|access-date=2018-08-19|archive-date=8 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508195849/http://orion.bme.columbia.edu/~hillman/Elizabeth_Hillman_PhDthesis2002.pdf|url-status=dead}}
| known_for = CEO of EPSRC[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/no-regrets-says-outgoing-epsrc-chief-david-delpy/2012694.article No regrets, says outgoing EPSRC chief David Delpy], Times Higher Education 2014-04-17
| fields = {{Plainlist|
| prizes = Doctor of Science
| website = {{URL|https://epsrc.ukri.org/about/people/daviddelpy/}}
| education = Heaton Grammar School
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
- Brunel University (BSc)
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}}
David Thomas Delpy, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|FRS|FMedSci|FREng}}{{cite web|title=List of Fellows|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|access-date=15 October 2014|archive-date=8 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|url-status=dead}} (born 11 August 1948), is a British bioengineer, and Hamamatsu Professor of Medical Photonics, at University College London.{{AcademicSearch|1805431}}{{Scopus|id= 7006876004}}{{Cite journal | last1 = Delpy | first1 = D. T. | last2 = Cope | first2 = M. | last3 = Zee | first3 = P. V. D. | last4 = Arridge | first4 = S. | last5 = Wray | first5 = S. | last6 = Wyatt | first6 = J. | doi = 10.1088/0031-9155/33/12/008 | title = Estimation of optical pathlength through tissue from direct time of flight measurement | journal = Physics in Medicine and Biology | volume = 33 | issue = 12 | pages = 1433–1442 | year = 1988 | pmid = 3237772| bibcode = 1988PMB....33.1433D | s2cid = 250734796 }}{{Cite journal
| pmid = 2831976
| year = 1988
| last1 = Wray
| first1 = S
| title = Characterization of the near infrared absorption spectra of cytochrome aa3 and haemoglobin for the non-invasive monitoring of cerebral oxygenation
| volume = 933
| issue = 1
| pages = 184–92
| last2 = Cope
| first2 = M
| last3 = Delpy
| first3 = D. T.
| last4 = Wyatt
| first4 = J. S.
| last5 = Reynolds
| first5 = E. O.
| journal = Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
| doi=10.1016/0005-2728(88)90069-2
}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1118/1.597069| pmid = 8497214| title = A finite element approach for modeling photon transport in tissue| journal = Medical Physics| volume = 20| issue = 2| pages = 299–309| year = 1993| last1 = Arridge | first1 = S. R.| last2 = Schweiger| first2 = M| last3 = Hiraoka| first3 = M| last4 = Delpy| first4 = D. T.| bibcode = 1993MedPh..20..299A}}{{Cite journal
| pmid = 2855531
| year = 1988
| last1 = Cope
| first1 = M
| title = System for long-term measurement of cerebral blood and tissue oxygenation on newborn infants by near infra-red transillumination
| journal = Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
| volume = 26
| issue = 3
| pages = 289–94
| last2 = Delpy
| first2 = D. T.
| doi=10.1007/bf02447083
| s2cid = 7168258
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Education
Delpy was educated at Heaton Grammar School in Newcastle. He went on to study at Brunel University, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Physics. He was awarded a Doctor of Science degree by University College London in Medical physics.
Career and research
Delpy served as Chief Executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.{{when|date=August 2018}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/460456b| pmid = | title = Peer review and impact statements vital to UK research| journal = Nature| volume = 460| issue = 7254| pages = 456| year = 2009| last1 = Delpy | first1 = D. | last2 = Ankel-Simons| first2 = F| last3 = Chatrath| first3 = P. S.| last4 = Kay| first4 = R. S.| last5 = Williams| first5 = B| last6 = Fleagle| first6 = J. G.| last7 = Gebo| first7 = D. L.| last8 = Beard| first8 = C. K.| last9 = Dawson| first9 = M| last10 = Tattersall| first10 = I| last11 = Rose| first11 = K. D.| bibcode = 2009Natur.460..456D| doi-access = free}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/479299d| title = Physical sciences: Research council will support excellence| journal = Nature| volume = 479| issue = 7373| pages = 299| year = 2011| last1 = Delpy | first1 = David| authorlink1 = David Delpy| last2 = Armitt | first2 = John| bibcode = 2011Natur.479..299D| authorlink2 = John Armitt| doi-access = free}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/488020a| pmid = 22859184| title = Science funding: Duel to the death. Physicists, chemists and mathematicians in the United Kingdom are furious about funding reforms that they say threaten blue-skies research| journal = Nature| volume = 488| issue = 7409| pages = 20–2| year = 2012| last1 = Bhattacharya | first1 = Ananyo| doi-access = free}}
As of 2014, he is chairman of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-chair-of-the-defence-scientific-advisory-council|title=New chair of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council|publisher=GOV.UK|date=14 January 2014}} and a member of the strategic advisory board of the EPSRC's quantum technologies programme.
=Awards and honours=
Delpy was appointed CBE in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to engineering and scientific research.{{London Gazette |issue=60895 |date=14 June 2014 |page=b9 |supp=y}} He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1999. He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2002.
In 2008 he was awarded the Institute of Physics Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize.{{cite web |title=2008 Franklin medal and prize |url=http://www.iop.org/about/awards/subject/franklin/franklin-medallists/page_38540.html |accessdate=26 December 2019 |archive-date=26 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226142054/http://www.iop.org/about/awards/subject/franklin/franklin-medallists/page_38540.html |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/issues/2007/november/stopfillingthegapssaysresearchsupremo.asp "Exclusive Interview: EPSRC's new chief executive, David Delpy"], Chemistry World, 11 October 2007
- [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=415370 "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/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426041711/http://www.octnews.org/topic/profile/david-t-delpy/ |date=26 April 2012 }}
- 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
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