Knighthood for Engineering Alumnus

Published Tuesday 3 January 2012

Alumnus and former staff member Professor Snowden receives a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours List. Professor Snowden who graduated from Leeds in 1977 completed his PhD at Leeds while working in industry. He held the personal Chair of Microwave Engineering at the University from 1992 to 2005 and was Head of the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering from 1995 to 1998. He was the founder and first Director of the Institute of Microwaves and Photonics located at Leeds. Professor Snowden is now Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey.