Rate My Professor Chris Lavers

Dr Christopher Lavers is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at the University of Lincoln, based at Britannia Royal Naval College, where he has taught maritime, earth observation, radar, and related engineering topics since 1993. He holds a BSc and PhD in Physics from the University of Exeter, with his doctoral research on liquid crystal optical display devices conducted at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment in Malvern. Following a postdoctoral research fellowship in biosensors at the University of Southampton Optoelectronics Research Centre from 1990 to 1993, Lavers advanced through junior and senior teaching positions at Britannia Royal Naval College. He currently serves as International Degree Academic Programme Manager and Subject Matter Expert in Radar and Telecommunications. A Chartered Engineer qualified as CPhys, CSci, FHEA, MInstP, he is also Principal Scientist at the Dartmouth Centre for Sea Power and Strategy and a visiting researcher at the University of Plymouth.

Lavers' research specializations include materials physics, materials science, optics, applied physics, waveguides, surface plasmon resonance, stealth technologies, UAV platforms, environmental monitoring, and maritime sensing applications. He has authored over 200 technical articles and numerous books in the Reeds Marine Engineering and Technology series, such as Reeds Vol 14: Stealth Warship Technology (2015), Reeds Vol 6: Basic Electrotechnology for Marine Engineers (2020), Reeds Vol 7: Advanced Electrotechnology for Marine Engineers (2022), Reeds Introductions: Principles of Earth Observation for Marine Engineering Applications (2017), Reeds Introductions: Essential Sensing and Telecommunications for Marine Engineering Applications (2015), and Reeds Introductions: Physics Wave Concepts for Marine Engineering Applications (2015). Recent publications include 'Environmental Land Management and Assessment, in the Context of Resource and Climate-Related Conflict' (2023) and chapters on threats posed by modified commercial UAVs (2025). He has organized 30 science-art exhibitions since 1988, edited the SENSED publication, served on the Institute of Physics Environmental Committee, convened a special interest group of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society on conservation and indigenous communities, and held Visiting Research Fellowships at the University of Oxford's Changing Character of War Centre in 2024 and previously. Lavers has delivered public lectures on asymmetric threats and appeared on BBC Radio 4's Material World, Radio Devon, and Plymouth Sound.