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Professor Robert Roderick Thomson

FREng

Professor of Photonics, Heriot-Watt University , as of Oct 2026

Fellow , Elected 2024 , Scotland , Academia

Listed by the Academy’s directory under Heriot Watt University

Professor of Photonics at Heriot-Watt University, working on photonics. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2024.

Summary generated from the sources below

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Sources

Identity

Confirmed (grade B) , the Academy’s directory lists them under Heriot Watt University, and a source names them there , RAEng directory , 11 Oct 2026 , hw.ac.uk , 11 Oct 2026

Why we think this is them
  • RAEng directory , 11 Oct 2026 , lists them under Heriot Watt University

  • hw.ac.uk , 11 Oct 2026 , names them at Heriot Watt University , states they are a Fellow

  • RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026 , announces their election in 2024

How identities are checked

Directory entry, Listed under

RAEng directory , 30 Sep 2026 , read from the page , facts , high confidence

Role, Organisation

hw.ac.uk , 11 Oct 2026 , extracted by a language model , facts , high confidence

RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026 , read from the page , facts , high confidence , as of 2024

Sector

RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026 , inferred from the organisation , facts , high confidence , as of 2024

Summary

hw.ac.uk , 11 Oct 2026 , extracted by a language model , facts , high confidence

RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026 , extracted by a language model , facts , high confidence

RAEng directory , 11 Oct 2026 , extracted by a language model , facts , high confidence

Links

RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026 , read from the page , facts , high confidence , as of 2024

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