Editing University of Surrey (section)

===Notable academics===
{{main|List of University of Surrey academics}}
Academics to work at the university include [[Alf Adams]], pioneer of the [[strained quantum-well laser]];<ref name="The Independent">{{cite news| title=The Independent: A celebration of science in the UK: 10 Britons who shaped our world| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/a-celebration-of-science-in-the-uk-10-britons-who-shaped-our-world-406704.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080518101948/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/a-celebration-of-science-in-the-uk-10-britons-who-shaped-our-world-406704.html| url-status= dead| archive-date= 18 May 2008| access-date=7 August 2008| work=The Independent | location=London | date=5 July 2006}}</ref> [[Jim Al-Khalili]], the nuclear physicist, author and broadcaster;<ref>{{cite web| title=Senior Media Fellow – Jim Al-Khalili| url= http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PublicEngagement/ActivitiesAndFundingForResearchers/SMF/AlKhalili.htm| access-date=8 August 2008| publisher = [[EPSRC]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001759/http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PublicEngagement/ActivitiesAndFundingForResearchers/SMF/AlKhalili.htm |archive-date = 28 September 2007}}</ref> [[Aleks Krotoski]], the technology journalist and broadcaster;<ref>{{cite news| title=Aleks Krotoski| url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/alekskrotoski| access-date=8 August 2008| work=The Guardian| location=London| date=1 October 2007| archive-date=23 April 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423184500/http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/alekskrotoski| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Martin Sweeting]], founder of [[Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd]];<ref name="The Independent"/> [[Nigel Gilbert]], the sociologist pioneer in the use of [[agent-based model]]s in the social sciences;<ref>{{cite web  | last = Debrett's  | title = Authorized Biography of Prof Nigel Gilbert, FREng  | url = http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/20809/%28Geoffrey%29%20Nigel%20GILBERT.aspx  | access-date = 2 December 2009  | url-status = dead  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120309021118/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/20809/(Geoffrey)%20Nigel%20GILBERT.aspx  | archive-date = 9 March 2012 }}</ref> Joao Santos Silva, who has made fundamental contributions to the [[gravity model of trade]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_classic_articles&hl=en&by=2006&vq=bus_economics|title=Economics - Classic papers - Google Scholar|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=10 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010094755/https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_classic_articles&hl=en&by=2006&vq=bus_economics|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Martyn Barrett]], who led the development of the [[Council of Europe]]'s [[Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Working Groups - Ad Hoc Expert Group on Competences for Democratic Culture. |url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/education/working-groups#{%2222597847%22:[0]} |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> and is a lead expert for the Council of Europe's Education Policy Advisers Network.<ref>{{cite web |title=Education Policy Advisers Network (EPAN) |url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/reference-framework-of-competences-for-democratic-culture/education-policy-advisers-network-epan- |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118133944/https://www.coe.int/en/web/reference-framework-of-competences-for-democratic-culture/education-policy-advisers-network-epan- |url-status=live }}</ref>

The current Director of the university's [[Advanced Technology Institute]], [[Ravi Silva]], is known for his work in [[Nanotechnology]]. In 2003, he was awarded the [[Albert Einstein]] Silver Medal and the Javed Husain Prize by [[UNESCO]] for contributions to electronic devices. The 2011 [[Clifford Paterson Lecture]] was given by Silva because of his outstanding contributions to basic science and engineering in the field of carbon nanoscience and nanotechnology. The lecture is given annually on any aspect of engineering.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.surrey.ac.uk/feps/research/people/ravi_silva/ |title=Ravi Silva - University of Surrey - Guildford |publisher=Surrey.ac.uk |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=8 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108021312/http://www.surrey.ac.uk/feps/research/people/ravi_silva/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[General Electric]] Company Limited endowed the lecture in 1975 in honour of Clifford Paterson who undertook the creation of the GEC Research Laboratories in 1919.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://royalsociety.org/events/Clifford-Paterson-Lecture-2011/ |title=Clifford Paterson Lecture 2011: Professor S Ravi P Silva FREng |publisher=Royalsociety.org |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=13 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013105046/http://royalsociety.org/events/Clifford-Paterson-Lecture-2011/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Surrey's ''Centre for Environment and Sustainability'' (established by [[Roland Clift]] in 1992 as the ''Centre for Environmental Strategy'') gained attention with the publication of ''[[Prosperity Without Growth]]'' in 2009 by University of Surrey academic [[Tim Jackson (economist)|Tim Jackson]], Professor of [[Sustainable Development]] and Director of the ESRC Research Group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment.<ref name="Surrey Website">[http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ces/people/tim_jackson Tim Jackson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201081221/https://www.surrey.ac.uk/ces/people/tim_jackson/ |date=1 February 2018 }} at the ''University of Surrey'' | last visited: 19 February 2013</ref> In October 2018 the University of Surrey reported that writer and filmmaker [[Iain Sinclair]] had been appointed Distinguished Writer in Residence with their School of Literature and Languages.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/internationally-renowned-writer-and-film-maker-iain-sinclair-joins-surrey-distinguished-writer| title=Internationally renowned writer and film-maker Iain Sinclair joins Surrey as Distinguished Writer-in-Residence| publisher=University of Surrey| access-date=21 November 2018| archive-date=22 November 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122005405/https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/internationally-renowned-writer-and-film-maker-iain-sinclair-joins-surrey-distinguished-writer| url-status=live}}</ref>

On 20 May 2009, [[Andreas Mogensen]], a researcher at the [[Surrey Space Centre]], was announced as a new member of the [[European Astronaut Corps]], part of the [[European Space Agency]], thereby becoming the first [[Denmark|Danish]] [[astronaut]].<ref>{{cite web| title=The Copenhagen Post: First Danish Astronaut announced|url= http://www.cphpost.dk/news/national/88-national/45716-first-danish-astronaut-announced.html| access-date=20 May 2009| work = [[The Copenhagen Post]]| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090523093937/http://www.cphpost.dk/news/national/88-national/45716-first-danish-astronaut-announced.html <!--Added by H3llBot-->| archive-date= 23 May 2009}}</ref> In February 2011, terrorism and Northern Ireland expert [[Marie Breen Smyth]], joined the politics department, as chair in International Relations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.surrey.ac.uk/politics/people/professor_breensmyth_marie_politics/ |title=Professor Breen-Smyth, Marie (Politics) - University of Surrey - Guildford |publisher=Surrey.ac.uk |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=18 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318000721/http://www.surrey.ac.uk/politics/people/professor_breensmyth_marie_politics/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2005, she had given evidence to the House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Inquiry into dealing with Northern Ireland's past.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmniaf/cmniaf.htm |title=The House of Commons - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Reports |publisher=Publications.parliament.uk |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=24 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224152011/https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmniaf/cmniaf.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Another notable academic was the late translation studies scholar [[Peter Newmark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jostrans.org/issue07/int_newmark.php|title=Newmark interview|website=www.jostrans.org|access-date=19 July 2011|archive-date=11 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811015403/https://www.jostrans.org/issue07/int_newmark.php|url-status=live}}</ref>