Professor John Watson
Since moving to Aberdeen University in the 1980s, Professor Watson’s professional career has been dominated by research in optical engineering, and in particular on subsea applications of lasers and optical technology. He established a laser/optics research group which acquired an international reputation for its work in underwater holography and the development of subsea holographic cameras. These holocameras have been deployed from the west coast of Scotland to the Okinawa Trench, off the coast of Japan. As well as research and teaching activities he has been active in the Oceanic Engineering Society (a constituent Society of IEEE) from 2002 and earlier this year was elected to Vice-President with responsibility for all OES/MTS OCEANS conferences.
Professor Watson graduated with a PhD from the University of St Andrews in the late 1970s. After five years with the UK Atomic Energy Authority in Caithness, he moved into the academic world at RGIT (as it was) in Aberdeen and then to Aberdeen University until his retiral in 2016. Professor Watson is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Technology (FIET) and of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) and a Chartered Engineer (CEng).
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University of Aberdeen,
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- Issued on
- 27 November 2019
