John C. Travers
{{Short description|British physicist}}
John C. Travers is a British optical physicist.
Travers graduated from Durham University in 2003 with a M.Sci degree in mathematics and physics. He subsequently completed a M.Sc. and Ph.D., both from Imperial College London in 2004 and 2008, respectively. Travers remained at Imperial until 2010, for postdoctoral research purposes, then joined the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Germany. In 2016, Travers established the Laboratory of Ultrafast Physics and Optics at Heriot-Watt University, and was promoted to full professor in 2019.{{cite news |title=John C. Travers |url=https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/persons/john-c-travers |access-date=8 April 2024 |publisher=Heriot-Watt University}} He was the 2022 recipient of the Institution of Engineering and Technology's A F Harvey Prize.{{cite news |title=John C. Travers is announced the winner of the IET A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize |url=https://www.theiet.org/membership/member-news/member-news-2022/member-news-october-to-december-2022/john-c-travers-is-announced-the-winner-of-the-iet-a-f-harvey-engineering-research-prize |access-date=8 April 2024 |publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology |date=15 December 2022}}{{cite news |title=Professor of Physics, John C. Travers wins the IET A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize |url=https://www.theiet.org/media/press-releases/press-releases-2022/press-releases-2022-october-december/15-december-2022-professor-of-physics-john-c-travers-wins-the-iet-a-f-harvey-engineering-research-prize |access-date=8 April 2024 |publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology |date=15 December 2022}} In 2024, Travers was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies.{{cite news |title=Heriot-Watt scientist secures £2.5m to develop new ultrafast laser technologies |url=https://www.hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2024/heriot-watt-scientist-secures-2-5m-to.htm |access-date=8 April 2024 |publisher=Heriot-Watt University |date=14 March 2024}}
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