Dr. Kayn A. Forbes

Dr Kayn A Forbes is a Lecturer at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK where he leads the Light-Matter and Nanophotonics Theory group. He received his PhD in quantum electrodynamics under the supervision of Professor David L. Andrews (SPIE President 2021) at UEA in 2018. He was then awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship 2019–2022 and in September 2022 was appointed Lecturer in Theoretical Chemistry at UEA.

He is a theoretician with expertise in nanophotonics and structured light using methods from both quantum and semiclassical optics with a particular emphasis on molecular and chemical systems. His most recent interest has been in exploiting the chirality of complex light for applications in chiroptical spectroscopy and optical manipulation.

His relations with SPIE include serving on the Publications Committee beginning 2022; an Associate Editor for Advanced Photonics Nexus; and being a member of a number Conference Program Committees.