Jennifer E Hastie

Jennifer Hastie directs the Institute of Photonics (IoP), a strategically-important independent research unit and cost center within the Department of Physics at the University of Strathclyde with more than 70 staff and students. She leads the Institute's research in high brightness lasers with a primary interest in meeting the challenging laser performance requirements for cutting-edge applications in metrology and quantum technology. She has been with the IoP since she was a PhD student, earning her degree in 2004. Hastie was elected an Optica Fellow in 2024.