Professor Guy Wilson
Professor Guy Wilson graduated in 1955 with a Double First in Natural Sciences, with Part 2 in Physics, at the University of Cambridge. After obtaining a PhD in Physics from the Cavendish Laboratory University of Cambridge he spent three years as a Researcher in the University of Chicago. The rest of his academic life was spent in the Physics Department Queen Mary University of London.
His main research was in use of molecules to create electronic devices. This pursuit evolved through polymer physics, into molecular electronics and biomimetics, and is now in nanotechnology. He retired as Full Professor and Head of the Molecular and Materials Physics Group in 2002, and was given the title Emeritus Professor. He remains an occasional visitor to that Group.
At this time he set up and subsequently runs the Physics Laboratory component of the NYU in London General Physics I and II courses.