Peter Neil Temple Wells (born 1936 in Bristol, England) is a British medical physicist who played a major role in the application of ultrasound technology in medicine.Educated at Birmingham College of Advanced Technology (now Aston University), he is an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Clinical Medicine at Bristol University.He won Royal Medal in 2013 for for pioneering the application of the physical and engineering sciences to the development of ultrasonics as a diagnostic and surgical tool which has revolutionised clinical practice.