| Jonathan TennysonFRS | |
|---|---|
| Born | Charles Jonathan Penrose Tennyson (1955-05-11) 11 May 1955 (age 69) Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge University of Sussex |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University College London |
| Thesis | Studies in the ab initio calculation of molecular energies. (1980) |
| Website | www |
Charles Jonathan Penrose Tennyson FRS (born 11 May 1955) is a British physicist. He is the Massey Professor of Physics (since 2005) and Head of department at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London (2004–11). Chief Scientist Quantemol Ltd and chair, Blue Skies Space Ltd.
Education
He was educated at Bootham School, York. He continued his studies at King's College, Cambridge and the University of Sussex.
Research and career
Tennyson is an author of over 700 scientific papers focusing on applications of molecular spectroscopy to problems in astrophysics, atmospheric science, plasma physics and other fields. He has written a number of popular science articles. He wrote the undergraduate textbook Astronomical Spectroscopy: An Introduction to the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Astronomical Spectra (2005). Leader of the ExoMol project.
Awards and honours
He received the 2007 Ellis R. Lippincott Award from The Optical Society and was also elected a Fellow of the Society. Tennyson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2009.
Tennyson was awarded the 2025 Royal Astronomical Society’s Gold Medal for his pioneering work advancing our understanding of exoplanets.
Personal life
He is the son of Hallam Tennyson, grandson of Sir Charles Tennyson and is the great-great-grandson of Alfred Lord Tennyson. He is the father of actor Matthew Tennyson.
References
- ^ "Jonathan Tennyson". London: Royal Society. One or more of the preceding sentences may incorporate text from the royalsociety.org website where "all text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License." "Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies". Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "TENNYSON, Prof. (Charles) Jonathan (Penrose)". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Bootham Old Scholars Association (2011). Bootham School Register. York, England: BOSA.
- "Jonathan Tennyson | Optica". www.optica.org. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- UCL (10 January 2025). "UCL astrophysicists win Royal Astronomical Society awards". UCL News. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- Charles Mosley, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Vol. 3 (107 ed.). Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 3872. ISBN 978-0-97-119662-9. OCLC 52621466.