Integrated optics technology developer Rockley Photonics says it has added Professor Andy Parker, founding science partner of Ahren Innovation Capital and head of University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory, to its board of directors. The move follows Ahren’s recent investment in Rockley, announced March 12, 2020. The amount of that investment was not disclosed.
Parker has expertise in high-energy physics, extra space dimensions, quantum-sized black holes, and supersymmetry. He also is a founder of the ATLAS experiment for the Large Hadron Collider. Perhaps more to the point, Parker also has been involved in the commercial development of silicon detectors, fast electronics, large software systems, and pattern recognition. Rockley also described him as a pioneer in computational radiotherapy and artificial photosynthesis.
“His work in developing silicon detectors, fast electronics, and computational radiotherapy fully complements the board’s existing expertise,” said Andrew Rickman, Rockley’s chief executive. “Andy’s insight will be invaluable as we drive forward applications of Rockley’s technology in multiple markets including high-density communications, machine vision, environmental sensing, and healthcare.
“Rockley Photonics is emerging as a transformational business with technology that has the potential to profoundly impact a number of markets,” Parker commented. “Rockley’s bespoke fabrication process is ideally suited to high-volume production of low-cost sensors. Its platform is highly versatile, and I am looking forward to working with the team to further develop this technology in a range of sectors including data center connectivity, autonomous vehicles and medical sensing.”
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