{{Short description|British physicist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2016}}'''Greg Parker''' (born 1954) is a British physicist. He served as a Professor of Photonics at the University of Southampton. He spent 23 years in research and lecturing.
== Career == He now runs Parker Technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concept2innovation.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621083438/http://www.concept2innovation.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=21 June 2009|title=Concept 2 Innovation|publisher=|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref> His research interests included the design and construction of Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) compatible semiconductor deposition systems, and the design and fabrication of Photonic Crystal circuits and devices. Most recently, he became interested in deep-sky imaging, macrophotography, microphotography, pin-hole camera photography and high-speed flash photography.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Highspeedflash.com|url=https://highspeedflash.com/|access-date=2020-11-02|website=highspeedflash.com}}</ref> He is the designer and developer of ultra-high speed Xenon flash equipment. His photographic work is featured on the New Forest Observatory web site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newforestobservatory.com/|title=New Forest Observatory - Astrophotography from deepest Hampshire|publisher=|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>
He has 13 patents on optical devices and circuits and created three successful companies. His most recent spin-out from Southampton University was Mesophotonics Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mesophotonics|url=http://www.mesophotonics.com|accessdate=5 December 2016|publisher=}}</ref>
He is constructing the world's most powerful amateur deep-sky imaging system, the mini-WASP imaging array, named after the SuperWASP array<ref>{{cite web|title=SuperWASP Homepage|url=http://www.superwasp.org/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131025228/http://www.superwasp.org/|archive-date=31 January 2011|accessdate=5 December 2016|publisher=}}</ref> built for the Wide Angle Search for Planets.<ref name="newforestobservatory.com" />
== Publications == Parker published over 120 refereed journal and conference papers, a textbook on Solid-State Physics, ''Introductory Semiconductor Device Physics'',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Parker, Greg.|title=Introductory semiconductor device physics|date=2004|publisher=Institute of Physics Pub|isbn=0-7503-1021-9|location=Bristol|oclc=57383426}}</ref> a "how to" book on astrophotography ''Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Parker, Greg.|title=Making beautiful deep-sky images : astrophotography with affordable equipment and software|date=2007|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-387-71353-3|location=New York|oclc=187049474}}</ref> and a large format book of deep-sky images taken from the New Forest Observatory,<ref name="newforestobservatory.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.newforestobservatory.com/|title=New Forest Observatory ® - Astrophotography from deepest Hampshire|publisher=|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref> called ''Star Vistas''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Parker, Greg.|title=Star vistas : a collection of fine art astrophotography|date=2009|publisher=Springer|others=Carboni, Noel.|isbn=978-0-387-88435-6|location=New York|oclc=261924770}}</ref>
== Recognition == Parker was a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Physicist, and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.
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