Rate My Professor David McGloin

University of Aberdeen

Physics Chemistry Biology Health Science Geoscience Engineering Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Biophysics Laser Physics Optics Photonics Optical Engineering Physical Chemistry Spectroscopy

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Professor David McGloin holds a Personal Chair and serves as Head of the School of Natural and Computing Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, having joined the institution in September 2022. He earned his MSci (Hons) in Laser Physics and Optoelectronics in 1997 and a PhD in Physics in 2001, both from the University of St Andrews. After completing his doctorate, he worked briefly at the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on optical imaging technologies. In 2002, he returned to the University of St Andrews as a postdoctoral research fellow focusing on cold atom physics. The following year, 2003, he received the Royal Society University Research Fellowship to pioneer holographic optical trapping and beam shaping techniques at St Andrews. In 2007, McGloin joined the University of Dundee as a Lecturer, advancing through roles including Head of Physics and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Science and Engineering. From 2018, he was Chair and Director of Research Programs in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology Sydney.