Polina Bayvel

Polina Bayvel
Bayvel in 2016
Born (1966-04-14) 14 April 1966
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipBritish
EducationHasmonean High School for Girls
Alma materUniversity College London (BSc, PhD)
ChildrenTwo
AwardsClifford Paterson Lecture (2014)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsNortel
Standard Telephones and Cables
University College London
ThesisStimulated Brillouin scattering in single mode optical fibre ring resonators (1990)
Websitewww.ee.ucl.ac.uk/staff/academic/pbayvel

Polina Leopoldovna Bayvel (Russian: Полина Леопольдовна Байвель; born 14 April 1966) is a British engineer and academic. She is currently Professor of Optical Communications & Networks in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London. She has made major contributions to the investigation and design of high-bandwidth multiwavelength optical networking.