34 Facts About Timothy Leighton

Timothy Grant Leighton was born on 16 October 1963 and is a British scientist.

Timothy Leighton is the Executive General Director and Inventor-in-Chief of Sloan Water Technology Ltd.

Timothy Leighton completed the monograph The Acoustic Bubble in 1992 at the age of 28, and was awarded a personal chair at the age of 35.

Timothy Leighton was educated at Heversham Grammar School, Cumbria and Magdalene College, Cambridge where he took the Natural Sciences Tripos and was awarded a double first class Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in physics and theoretical Physics in 1985, obtaining a PhD in 1988 at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Timothy Leighton joined the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research at the University of Southampton in 1992 as a lecturer in underwater acoustics, and completed the monograph The Acoustic Bubble in the same year.

Timothy Leighton was awarded a personal chair at the age of 35.

Timothy Leighton founded and led two research organisations with international membership.

Timothy Leighton founded and led the Ultrasonics and Underwater Acoustics Group at the University of Southampton.

Timothy Leighton is the Executive General Director and Inventor-in-Chief of Sloan Water Technology Ltd.

Timothy Leighton's research covers medical, humanitarian and environmental sciences, beginning with the fundamental mathematics and ending with engineering applications.

Timothy Leighton worked as part of the team investigating whether man-made sounds can adversely affect benthic species.

In 2015, Leighton founded the Global Network for AntiMicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention,.

In 2015, Timothy Leighton founded the research group Health Effects of Ultrasound in Air.

Timothy Leighton's aim was to map the increasing use of ultrasound in public places, and to investigate whether or not this increase is having adverse effects on some humans.

Timothy Leighton's research allowed schoolteachers to use his published techniques to identify how ultrasound in classrooms was preventing students from working.

Timothy Leighton became an acknowledged world expert on such public exposures, and on the claims of 'sonic attacks' on US Embassy staff in Cuba and China.

In 2018, Timothy Leighton published an editorial that identified flaws in the way the statistical analysis was conducted on those identified as victims of the claimed attacks, which set up the tests in such a way that even unexposed people would, for the most part, be identified as suffering adverse health effects from the exposure.

Timothy Leighton currently serves on the Scientific Expert Group of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection and the International Standards Organisation to support appropriate protections for people exposed to airborne ultrasound.

Since the mid-2000s, Timothy Leighton attempted to increase interest in using sound to explore other planets by predicting the soundscapes of other worlds and how these could best be exploited using acoustic devices, led to devices for planetaria to use when teaching about other worlds, and showed how careful calculation was needed to avoid mistakes when using acoustic sensors on other worlds.

Timothy Leighton was invited to the International Space Science Institute to support the Mars Perseverance and Ingenuity missions.

Timothy Leighton's explanation of how humpback whales use sound when feeding in bubble nets is a staple explanation on whale tour boats.

Timothy Leighton explained how dolphins can echolocate while producing bubble nets to hunt, a process that should blind their sonar.

Timothy Leighton served on the Government of the United Kingdom's Working Group of the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Sub Group and advised the Health Protection Agency, the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection and the International Standards Organization on the safety of ultrasound.

Timothy Leighton's contribution is outstanding in both breadth and depth.

Timothy Leighton is an acknowledged world leader in four fields.

Timothy Leighton has delivered over 70 pioneering advances, from devices now used in hospitals to the world's first count of bubbles in the surf zone.

Timothy Leighton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014.

Timothy Leighton is distinguished for his research on the acoustical physics of bubbles, especially their nonlinear behaviour; for his inventions and discoveries including bubble measurements in the surf zone, pipelines and methane seeps; for shock wave lithotripsy monitoring, disease detection in cancellous bone and needle free injection; for sonar systems that overcome bubble masking and numerous industrial applications.

Timothy Leighton has exceptional ability to deliver engineering solutions to real world problems from conceptualisation to product development embracing an advanced practical knowledge of IP strategy.

Timothy Leighton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2012 for his services to Engineering and society.

Timothy Leighton was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2000, Fellowship of Institute of Acoustics in 1999, Fellowship of the Acoustical Society of America in 1998, and Fellowship of the Cambridge Philosophical Society in 1988.

Timothy Leighton is a Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies of Loughborough University.

Timothy Leighton has developed and conducted multiply-award-winning outreach activities to the public, and to encourage of young men and women to engage, and possibly follow careers in, science and engineering, with school visits, science fairs, exhibits, games, and appearances on TV and radio.

Timothy Leighton was a driving force in the foundation of Solent Concert orchestra and, barring a period of 6 months, has been Chairperson since its foundation.