Sensor CDT Industry Lecture: Richard Williams (ioLight)

Join the Sensor CDT for an Industry Lecture with Richard Williams of ioLight.

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/industry-lecture-richard-williams-co-founder-of-iolight-tickets-126411264495

Title: Commercialising Sensor Technologies - A Personal Experience
 

Abstract 
Sensor technologies are very diverse and more often than not, are enabling technologies that have uses in numerous applications. This 'platform' nature provides many commercial opportunities for each sensing technology which is both an advantage and a disadvantage. In this talk, Richard will use his personal experiences to describe some of the challenges in commercialising sensor technologies.

Bio
In 1995 Richard completed his PhD on applied non-linear optics at Oxford University. Then, following 3 years post doc research at Oxford, he moved to Southampton University where he was a senior research Fellow in the Optoelectronics Research Centre. At Southampton he worked on planar integrated optics and ran the multi-million pound optical fibre fabrication facility. By the time Richard left academia in 2003, he had more than 50 publications. In 2003 Richard raised funding and spun out a sensors based Company from Southampton University and was CEO of that company for 8 years. Following this Richard worked with a number of technology companies before co-founding ioLight in 2014. ioLight designs and manufactures high performance portable and lab microscopes.