David Delpy

David Delpy
CBE FRS FMedSci FREng
David Delpy CBE FRS FMedSci FREng
	Delpy (right)
Born	David Thomas Delpy; 11 August 1948 (age 77)
Education	Heaton Grammar School
Alma mater	Brunel University (BSc);
Known for	CEO of EPSRC
Awards	Doctor of Science
	Scientific career
Fields	Medical physics; Photonics;
Institutions	University College London
Doctoral students	Elizabeth Hillman
Website	epsrc.ukri.org/about/people/daviddelpy/
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David Thomas Delpy, CBE FRS FMedSci FREng^[4] (born 11 August 1948), is a British bioengineer, and Hamamatsu Professor of Medical Photonics, at University College London.^[1]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

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.^[1]

Career and research

Delpy served as Chief Executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.^[when?]^[3]^[11]^[12]^[13]

As of 2014, he is chairman of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council^[14] and a member of the strategic advisory board of the EPSRC's quantum technologies programme.^[3]

Awards and honours

Delpy was appointed CBE in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to engineering and scientific research.^[15] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1999.^[1] He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering^[4] in 2002.

In 2008 he was awarded the Institute of Physics Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize.^[16]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Anon (2017). "Delpy, Prof. David Thomas". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U13434. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Hillman, Elizabeth (2002). Experimental and theoretical investigations of near infrared tomographic imaging methods and clinical applications (PDF) (PhD thesis). University College London. OCLC 1000838839. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.268884. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c No regrets, says outgoing EPSRC chief David Delpy, Times Higher Education 2014-04-17
^ ^a ^b "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
^ David Delpy publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
^ David Delpy's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
^ Delpy, D. T.; Cope, M.; Zee, P. V. D.; Arridge, S.; Wray, S.; Wyatt, J. (1988). "Estimation of optical pathlength through tissue from direct time of flight measurement". Physics in Medicine and Biology. 33 (12): 1433–1442. Bibcode:1988PMB....33.1433D. doi:10.1088/0031-9155/33/12/008. PMID 3237772. S2CID 250734796.
^ Wray, S; Cope, M; Delpy, D. T.; Wyatt, J. S.; Reynolds, E. O. (1988). "Characterization of the near infrared absorption spectra of cytochrome aa3 and haemoglobin for the non-invasive monitoring of cerebral oxygenation". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 933 (1): 184–92. doi:10.1016/0005-2728(88)90069-2. PMID 2831976.
^ Arridge, S. R.; Schweiger, M; Hiraoka, M; Delpy, D. T. (1993). "A finite element approach for modeling photon transport in tissue". Medical Physics. 20 (2): 299–309. Bibcode:1993MedPh..20..299A. doi:10.1118/1.597069. PMID 8497214.
^ Cope, M; Delpy, D. T. (1988). "System for long-term measurement of cerebral blood and tissue oxygenation on newborn infants by near infra-red transillumination". Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 26 (3): 289–94. doi:10.1007/bf02447083. PMID 2855531. S2CID 7168258.
^ Delpy, D.; Ankel-Simons, F; Chatrath, P. S.; Kay, R. S.; Williams, B; Fleagle, J. G.; Gebo, D. L.; Beard, C. K.; Dawson, M; Tattersall, I; Rose, K. D. (2009). "Peer review and impact statements vital to UK research". Nature. 460 (7254): 456. Bibcode:2009Natur.460..456D. doi:10.1038/460456b.
^ Delpy, David; Armitt, John (2011). "Physical sciences: Research council will support excellence". Nature. 479 (7373): 299. Bibcode:2011Natur.479..299D. doi:10.1038/479299d.
^ Bhattacharya, Ananyo (2012). "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". Nature. 488 (7409): 20–2. doi:10.1038/488020a. PMID 22859184.
^ "New chair of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council". GOV.UK. 14 January 2014.
^ "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b9.
^ "2008 Franklin medal and prize". Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

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/ Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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

[whoswho-1] Anon (2017). "Delpy, Prof. David Thomas". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U13434. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[hillmanphd-2] Hillman, Elizabeth (2002). Experimental and theoretical investigations of near infrared tomographic imaging methods and clinical applications (PDF) (PhD thesis). University College London. OCLC 1000838839. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.268884. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

[THES2014-3] No regrets, says outgoing EPSRC chief David Delpy, Times Higher Education 2014-04-17

[List_of_Fellows-4] "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

[microsoft-5] David Delpy publications indexed by Microsoft Academic

[scopus-6] David Delpy's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)

[7] Delpy, D. T.; Cope, M.; Zee, P. V. D.; Arridge, S.; Wray, S.; Wyatt, J. (1988). "Estimation of optical pathlength through tissue from direct time of flight measurement". Physics in Medicine and Biology. 33 (12): 1433–1442. Bibcode:1988PMB....33.1433D. doi:10.1088/0031-9155/33/12/008. PMID 3237772. S2CID 250734796.

[8] Wray, S; Cope, M; Delpy, D. T.; Wyatt, J. S.; Reynolds, E. O. (1988). "Characterization of the near infrared absorption spectra of cytochrome aa3 and haemoglobin for the non-invasive monitoring of cerebral oxygenation". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 933 (1): 184–92. doi:10.1016/0005-2728(88)90069-2. PMID 2831976.

[9] Arridge, S. R.; Schweiger, M; Hiraoka, M; Delpy, D. T. (1993). "A finite element approach for modeling photon transport in tissue". Medical Physics. 20 (2): 299–309. Bibcode:1993MedPh..20..299A. doi:10.1118/1.597069. PMID 8497214.

[10] Cope, M; Delpy, D. T. (1988). "System for long-term measurement of cerebral blood and tissue oxygenation on newborn infants by near infra-red transillumination". Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 26 (3): 289–94. doi:10.1007/bf02447083. PMID 2855531. S2CID 7168258.

[11] Delpy, D.; Ankel-Simons, F; Chatrath, P. S.; Kay, R. S.; Williams, B; Fleagle, J. G.; Gebo, D. L.; Beard, C. K.; Dawson, M; Tattersall, I; Rose, K. D. (2009). "Peer review and impact statements vital to UK research". Nature. 460 (7254): 456. Bibcode:2009Natur.460..456D. doi:10.1038/460456b.

[12] Delpy, David; Armitt, John (2011). "Physical sciences: Research council will support excellence". Nature. 479 (7373): 299. Bibcode:2011Natur.479..299D. doi:10.1038/479299d.

[13] Bhattacharya, Ananyo (2012). "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". Nature. 488 (7409): 20–2. doi:10.1038/488020a. PMID 22859184.

[14] "New chair of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council". GOV.UK. 14 January 2014.

[15] "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b9.

[Frankline-16] "2008 Franklin medal and prize". Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

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David Delpy CBE FRS FMedSci FREng
Delpy (right)
Born	David Thomas Delpy (1948-08-11) 11 August 1948 (age 77)^[1]
Education	Heaton Grammar School
Alma mater	Brunel University (BSc)
Known for	CEO of EPSRC^[3]
Awards	Doctor of Science^[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Medical physics Photonics
Institutions	University College London
Doctoral students	Elizabeth Hillman^[2]

Website	epsrc.ukri.org/about/people/daviddelpy/