Paul Midgley
Professor of Materials Science in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
About Paul Midgley
Born 1966. Paul Midgley is a British scientist.
Education Midgley was educated at the University of Bristol where he was awarded a Master of Science degree in 1988 and a PhD in 1991 for work on electron microscopy of high-temperature superconductors.
Career Before moving to Cambridge in 1997, Midgley held two postdoctoral research fellowships in the Henry Herbert Wills Physics Laboratory at the University of Bristol.
Research Midgley's research interests are in electron tomography, electron holography, energy-filtered imaging and ab initio structure determination by electron diffraction. During his research, Midgley has collaborated with Mark Welland, Rafal Dunin-Borkowski, Neil Mathur, John Meurig Thomas, Brian F. G. Johnson
Midgley's research has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 and the Royal Society.
Awards and honours Midgley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2014. His nomination reads:
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Professor of Materials Science in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Paul Midgley was born on 22 March 1966 in Welwyn Garden City.
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Paul Midgley is a scientist.
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