Dr Bill O’Neill was recently elected by the Council of the Institute of Physics to a Fellowship of the Institute in recognition of his personal contribution to the advancement of physics.

Dr O'Neill, Head of the IfM's Centre for Industrial Photonics, said “I am delighted to receive the award and very much look forward to working closely with the Institute in order to advance physics research, application, and education. We really need to work hard to promote science end engineering to the younger generations, and with the support of the professional bodies such as the IoP, we can hopefully generate lots of budding scientists and engineers through our outreach work.”