Contact Professor Mark Richardson

Areas of expertise

  • Communications Systems
  • Defence Sensors

Background

Mark is currently Pro-Vice Chancellor of ߣߣÊÓƵ at Shrivenham and Director of Theme for Defence and Security.

Prior to joining ߣߣÊÓƵ, Mark spent 5 years with GEC-Marconi as professional engineer, senior engineer and section leader.

Mark has a first class BSc, an MSc with distinction and PhD. He is an Associate of the Royal College of Science and has a Diploma of Imperial College.

Mark is an Accredited Senior Imaging Scientist and a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

Mark has over 40 years’ experience of working in the filed of defence and security

Current activities

Mark has a number of senior roles at ߣߣÊÓƵ:

Professor of Electromagnetic Warfare

Pro-Vice Chancellor of ߣߣÊÓƵ at Shrivenham

Director of Defence and Security

Mark's research interests lie in:

electro-optics and infrared (EOIR) for electromagnetic warfare

countermeasures, seekers, surveillance and target acquisition

man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADs)

laser systems

digital image processing

electro-optical protective measures (EOPM)

electro-optical countermeasures (EOCM).

Clients

  • Ministry of Defence
  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
  • QinetiQ Group PLC
  • Chemring Group PLC
  • Leonardo S.p.A

Publications

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