First Name
Chris
Last Name
Waltham
Position
Professor
Office Room
Hennings Office 336
Lab Room
Hennings Lab 120A
Email
cew@phas.ubc.ca
Research Groups



Bachelor's Degree
B.A. (Cantab) 1976

Doctoral Degree
Ph.D (Birmingham) 1980

Employment History
  • RA (TRIUMF) 1980-85
  • URF (UBC/TRIUMF) 1980-90
  • Assistant Professor (UBC) 1990-93
  • Associate Professor (UBC) 1993-2003
  • Professor (UBC) 2003- (50% from 2021)

Awards
  • Breakthrough Prize (Fundamental Physics) 2015
  • Faculty of Science Award, 2010
  • Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award, 2008
  • John C. Polanyi Medal (NSERC) 2006
  • Faculty of Science Award, 2003
  • Killam Award, May 1998

Committees and Service

Acoustical Society of America: Technical Committee on Musical Acoustics


Hobbies and Interests

Lutherie, violinist in local community orchestra


Research Area
Applied Physics

Research Field
Musical Acoustics

Abstract

Current musical acoustics research interests: Vibroacoustics (measurement and modelling) of Western and Asian string instruments, e.g. qin, santur, erhu, violin; physics of acoustic woods.