Researcher of the Year

Prof Tim Gibbon
Prof Gibbon researches and creates Physics and Engineering-based technologies for next generation, high bandwidth communication.  These technologies connect us to the Internet through a web of data centres.  They connect astronomers to faint signals from distant galaxies through radio telescopes and loved ones through cell phones and instant messaging.  The goal of the research is to connect faster, to reach further and realise greater bandwidth.  Though the Research is focussed on the technology, its value lies in the connections that it creates.

"The biggest research demands the biggest grant, lab and team. The best research needs only good students, a postdoc and a dream."