Gianluigi A Botton

Gianluigi A. Botton (born 1963) is a French Canadian scientist and engineer. As a Canada Research Chair at McMaster University, he leads the Botton's Group to investigate new materials on the atomic-scale.

Early life and education Botton was born in 1963. He completed his Bachelor of Engineering degree in physics and PhD in materials engineering from Polytechnique Montréal. Following his PhD, Botton was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge working under Colin Humphreys from 1993 to 1998. He then joined the Materials Technology Laboratory of Natural Resources Canada in 1998 as a research scientist. Through his post-graduate positions, Botton also earned a summer job studying electron microscopy at Simon Fraser University.

Career Botton joined the faculty of McMaster University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 2001. As a result of his efforts, Botton was elected a fellow of the Microscopy Society of America and named a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair. By 2017, Botton was named the recipient of CMSC Metal Physics Award and McMaster's the Faculty of Engineering Research Achievement Award.

In 2018, Botton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for his significant contributions within his field. In 2023, Button was appointed CEO of the Diamond Light Source.