Anatoly V. Zayats MAE FInstP FRSC is a British experimental physicist of Ukrainian origin known for his work in nanophotonics, plasmonics, metamaterials and applied nanotechnology.

[1] He is currently a Chair in Experimental Physics and the head of the Photonics & Nanotechnology Group[2] at King's College London.

Zayats currently leads the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council programme grant 'New perspectives in photocatalysis and near-surface chemistry: catalysis meets plasmonics'[7][8] (2022-2028) (CPLAS), investigating light-driven energy-conversion at the nanoscale for stimulating chemical transformations.

[citation needed] Zayats served as a member of the A*STAR Data Storage Institute's Scientific Advisory Board.

[citation needed] Zayats is a founding co-editor-in-chief of the SPIE-Chinese Laser Press journal Advanced Photonics.