Gerhard Materlik Explained

Gerhard Materlik
Birth Date:1945 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Marl, Germany 
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Alma Mater:University of Dortmund (PhD)

Gerhard Theodor Materlik (born 16 January 1945) is a German physicist and science manager. He has made significant contributions to X-ray physics, notably improvements in the real-world application of synchrotron radiation. He is a Professor of Facilities Science at the University College London since 2013.[1]

Education and early career

Materlik completed his undergraduate education in physics in Münster and Munich in 1970. He earned his doctorate from the University of Dortmund in 1975. After postdoctoral appointments at Cornell University (1975–1977) and Bell Laboratories, he took a job at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg.

Work

From 2001–2013, Materlik was Chief Executive of the Diamond Light Source, the United Kingdom's synchrotron facility. He was the leader of the team that constructed the accelerators, which speed up electrons to near the speed of light, and also the instrumentation installed to apply this radiation in experiments covering a spectral range from infrared radiation up to X-rays.

His discoveries have become widely used experimental methods. He has published more than 200 papers. He assisted in the development of synchrotron sources worldwide.

Awards and honours

In 2007, Materlik was awarded a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and became a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2011.[2] His certificate of election reads: In 2014 he was awarded the Glazebrook Medal by the Institute of Physics for his leadership in establishing a world-leading laboratory at the Diamond Light Source.[3] [4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iris View Profile. iris.ucl.ac.uk. 13 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Gerhard Materlik. Royal Society. London. One or more of the preceding sentences may incorporate text from the royalsociety.org website where "all text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License." Web site: Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies . 2016-03-09 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160220093712/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/ . February 20, 2016 .
  3. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/news/physics-news-publications/gm_07_2014 Prof. Gerhard Materlik wins Glazebrook Medal prize
  4. http://www.iop.org/about/awards/gold/glazebrook/medallists/page_63424.html 2014 Glazebrook Medal