Peter J. Thomas received the M.Sc. degree in chemical physics from the University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K., in 2004, and the Eng.D. degree in photonics from the University of St. Andrews, St Andrews, U.K., in 2010. From 2005 to 2010, he was a Research Engineer with the Optical Technologies Group, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), London, U.K. Since 2010, he has been a Research Scientist with the NORCE Norwegian Research Centre (Christian Michelsen Research AS before 2018), Bergen, Norway. He is also an Adjunct Professor with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. His research interests include fibreoptic sensor and communication technologies, and optical sensor technologies for the characterization of chemical parameters.