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==Cavendish staff== {{As of|2023}} the laboratory is headed by Mete Atature.<ref name=atature>{{cite web |url=https://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/ataturem |title=Professor of Physics, Fellow, Director of Studies and Tutor at St. Johnβs College |date=3 October 2023 |publisher=University of Cambridge }}</ref> The [[Cavendish Professor of Physics]] is Sir [[Richard Friend]].<ref name=friendswho>{{Who's Who |title=FRIEND, Sir Richard (Henry) |id=U16499 |volume=2015 |edition=online [[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> ===Notable senior academic staff=== {{As of|2015}} senior academic staff ([[professor]]s or [[Reader (academic rank)|reader]]s) include:<ref name=staff>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012181705/http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/ |archive-date=2014-10-12 |url=http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/ |title=Academic staff at the Cavendish Laboratory |publisher=University of Cambridge}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=35em}} # [[Jeremy Baumberg]], Professor of Nanoscience and Fellow of [[Jesus College, Cambridge]] # [[Jacqui Cole]], Professor of Molecular Engineering # [[Athene Donald]], Professor of Experimental Physics, Master of [[Churchill College, Cambridge]] # Sir [[Richard Friend]], [[Cavendish Professor of Physics]] and Fellow of [[St John's College, Cambridge]] # [[Stephen Gull]], University Professor of Physics # Sir [[Michael Pepper]], Honorary Professor of Pharmaceutical Science in the University of Otago, New Zealand # [[Didier Queloz]], professor at the Battcock Centre for Experimental Astrophysics # [[James F. Scott|James Floyd Scott]], professor and director of research # [[Benjamin Simons|Ben Simons]], [[Herchel Smith]] Professor of Physics # [[Henning Sirringhaus]], Hitachi Professor of Electron Device Physics and head of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Group # [[Sarah Teichmann]], principal research associate and Fellow of [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] {{div col end}} ===Notable emeritus professors=== The Cavendish is home to a number of emeritus scientists, pursuing their research interests in the laboratory after their formal retirement.<ref name=staff /> {{div col|colwidth=35em}} # [[Mick Brown (physicist)|Mick Brown]], emeritus professor # [[Volker Heine]], emeritus professor # [[Brian Josephson]], emeritus professor # [[Archibald Howie]], emeritus professor # [[Malcolm Longair]], Emeritus Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy # [[Gil Lonzarich]], Emeritus Professor of Condensed Matter Physics and professorial fellow at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] # [[Bryan Webber]], Emeritus Professor of Theoretical High Energy Physics and professorial fellow at [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] {{div col end}} ===Other notable alumni=== Besides the Nobel Laureates, the Cavendish alumni include: {{div col|colwidth=35em}} *[[Louis Harold Gray]] *[[Richard Edwin Hills]] *[[Olga Kennard]] *[[Andrew D. Maynard]] at Arizona State University * [[H. Wheeler Robinson|Bernard Roberts]] *[[John Rodenburg]] *[[Henry Snaith]] *[[Evan James Williams]] *[[Richard A. Jones (physicist)|Richard Jones]] *[[Helen Czerski]] {{div col end}}
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