Tributes to Nobel Laureate and UCL alumnus Sir Charles Kao

Academics from across UCL have paid tribute to Nobel Laureate, Professor Sir Charles Kao, following his death aged 84. Sir Charles, known as the 'Father of Fibre Optics', completed his PhD in electrical engineering at UCL in 1965, under the supervision of Professor Harold Barlow. His thesis investigated 'Waveguides for millimetric and submillimetric electromagnetic waves'. He went on to pursue a career in both industry and academia, including founding the Department of Electronics in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he later became Vice-Chancellor. Sir Charles was awarded the Nobel Laureate for Physics in 2009, in recognition of his ground-breaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibres for optical communication. He had previously been awarded the Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 1985 and the Faraday Medal in 1989. In 2010 Sir Charles was knighted in the Queen's birthday honours and was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate for Science by UCL.
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