Colin Humphreys
Sir Colin Humphreys | |
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Colin Humphreys in Cambridge, 2015 | |
| Born | Colin John Humphreys 24 May 1941 |
| Education | Luton Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London (BSc) University of Oxford (MA) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Awards | A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize (2001) Queen’s Medal (2022) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Materials science Graphene Gallium Nitride Electron microscopy Science and religion |
| Institutions | Queen Mary University of London University of Cambridge Royal Institution |
| Thesis | Aspects of multiple beam electron diffraction and X-ray diffraction topography (1969) |
| Doctoral students | Amanda Petford-Long |
| Website | www |
Sir Colin John Humphreys (born 24 May 1941) is a British physicist and a hobbyist Bible scholar. He is the Professor of Materials Science at Queen Mary University of London.
He is the former Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge and the Professor of Experimental Physics at the Royal Institution in London. He served as President of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining in 2002 and 2003. His research interests include "all aspects of electron microscopy and analysis, semiconductors (particularly gallium nitride), ultra-high temperature aerospace materials and superconductors." Humphreys also "studies the Bible when not pursuing his day-job as a materials scientist."