Professor Blackledge holds a BSc with Honours in Physics from Imperial College, a Diploma of
Imperial College in Plasma and High Temperature Physics, a PhD in Theoretical Physics from
London University and a Doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. He
has published 322 research papers and 15 teaching and research books, filed 20 patents and
technologies to license and has been supervisor to over 250 MSc, 72 PhD research graduates
and 28 post-doctoral research assistants and fellows.
After a career in academia, industry and the scientific civil service, in 2008, he was appointed the
Science Foundation Ireland Stokes Professor at the Technological University Dublin where he has
been an Honorary Professor since 2012. He currently holds visiting and honorary professorships
with a number of other universities and research institutes including the Warsaw University of
Technology, the University of Western Cape and the University of KwaZulu-Natal where he was
previously Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research. He also directs R & D programs in the public
and private sectors, focusing on Communications Engineering, Post-Quantum Cryptography,
Econophysics and Biosecurity.
He is a Fellow of Institutes and Societies including the Institute of Physics, the Institute of
Mathematics and its Applications, the British Computer Society, the Institution of Engineering and
Technology, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Royal Statistical Society, the Energy
Institute, the Chartered Management Institute, the Institute of Leadership and Management and
the Institute of Directors.
In 2007, he was elected a Fellow of the City and Guilds London Institute for contributions to work-
placed based learning and apprenticeship training schemes and in the same year, was made a
Freeman of the City of London for my contributions to economics.