Ewart, Paul: - Paul Ewart obtained a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Physics from Queen's University Belfast and then was an (SERC) Advanced Fellow at the Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science and Technology in London. His research work has centred on using lasers to study atomic and molecular physics, quantum optics and nonlinear spectroscopy. Current research includes interdisciplinary applications of laser spectroscopy to combustion and environmental physics. He is Professor of Physics and formerly Head of the department of Atomic and Laser Physics at Oxford University.