Gary StevensGary Stevens studied physics at Queen Mary College, London and undertook postgraduate research in solid state physics. He joined the CEGB in 1975 and after a number of appointments in dielectrics and polymer research he led the Nonmetallic Materials roup at the Central Electricity Research Laboratory until 1989. He was then appointed Head of Electrical Sciences Group at National Power plc and he currently heads the Energy Utilisation Research Group. He is a member of the Institute of Physics and the Dielectrics Society, and has served on a number of BSI and CIGRE committees on solid electrical insulating materials. He has published widely in the area of polymer physics and materials science, dielectric material, conducting polymers and electrical breakdown. Read More Read Less