Awards and Promotions for LCN Researchers

31 July 2007

Professor Neil Alford  from the Department of Materials at Imperial College and a Principal Investigator at the London Centre for Nanotechnology has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to engineering. He is one of 30 distinguished scientists elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering in July 2007.

Prof Bill Lee, Head of the Department of Materials at Imperial College remarks:

"Neil's achievements in the ceramics field including development of new high-strength ceramics and microwave dielectrics are world leading and his election to Fellowship of the Royal Academy is richly deserved. His ability to turn complex ideas into practical reality is the undoubted key to his success and his latest work on thin films at the Materials/Electrical Engineering interface is highly exciting. "

His discoveries are considered ‘world firsts’, they have led to new patents and have been used widely in industry, forming the basis for new companies. He comments:

“I am absolutely delighted to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, it is a great honour. The work that I have been doing depends on teamwork and I have a really excellent research group drawn from a range of disciplines. It is largely because of this wealth of talent that we have been able to make progress and I thank them for their help.”

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Professor David McComb, Co-Director of the London Centre for Nanotechnology has been promoted to Professor of Nanomaterials at Imperial College, effective on the 1st of October.

Professor Gabriel Aeppli, Co-Director of LCN and Quain Professor of Physics at UCL comments:

 "I am thrilled to hear of David's promotion to Professor of Nanomaterials. His research work in microscopy was key in attracting funding for the acquisition of the new Titan Transmission Electron Microscope, based at Imperial College. This promotion is a well-deserved recognition of his academic career."