David L. Andrews

David Leslie Andrews,, is a British emeritus professor of Chemical Physics at the University of East Anglia, where he was the Head of Chemical Sciences and Physics, from 1996 to 1999.

Education

David Andrews attended Colfe's Grammar School, Lee, London, U.K. from 1963 to 1970. He graduated in Chemistry, from University College London in 1973. He then obtained a PhD in theoretical chemistry from the same university, in 1976.

From 1976 to 1978, Andrews was an Associate Research Assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Research Associate in Department of Chemistry, in University College London. In 1978, he became Science Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow and in 1979 he joined the University of East Anglia as a Lecturer. Andrews was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1991 and to Reader in 1994. He was appointed Professor of Chemical Physics in 1996 and became Emeritus Professor in 2023.

Andrews and his research group have published on the theory of optical phenomena, developing quantum electrodynamical theory and symmetry principles for applications including fluorescence, and optical nanomanipulation. Andrews has worked on the quantum theory of intermolecular energy transfer, including a theory of energy transfer that accommodates both radiationless and radiative processes. He has also contributed to quantum optics and nonlinear optics, with studies of chiral interactions including a prediction of the hyper–Rayleigh scattering effect, while studies of chirality and optical helicity led to contributions to the theory of optical vortices.