Michael Ashfold#
| Membership Number: | 4473 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.bristoldynamics.com/professor-mike-ashfold |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1992,08 - present Professor of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol(Head of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 1995,10-1997,09; 2002,08-2011,07; EPSRC Senior Research Fellow, 1997,10-2002,09)
- 1990,08 - 1992,07 Reader in Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
- 1990,03 - 1990,09 Visiting Fellow, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado, U.S.A.
- 1984,08 - 1990,07 Lecturer in Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
- 1981,09 - 1984,07 Research Associate in Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
- 1978,10 - 1981,09 Guy Newton Junior Research Fellow, Jesus College, Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Gas and solution phase molecular spectroscopy, photochemistry and reaction dynamics
- Development and application of laser based plasma diagnostic methods
- Growth of thin film diamond by chemical vapour deposition methods
- Characterisation and application of pulsed laser ablation processes
Honours and Awards
- 2015 Herbert P. Broida Prize of the American Physical Society
- 2014 Liversidge Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2011/2012 Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow
- 2009/2012 President, Faraday Division of Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2009 Elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society
- 2006 Royal Society of Chemistry Industrially-sponsored Award in Chemical Dynamics
- 2004 Daiwa Adrian Prize, (with Prof. M. Kawasaki, Kyoto)
- 2000 Royal Society of Chemistry Industrially-sponsored Award in Spectroscopy
- 1997/2002 EPSRC Senior Research Fellow
- 1996 Tilden Medal and Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry,
- 1994-1995 Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow
- 1990 JILA Visiting Fellow, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado, U.S.A.
- 1989 Corday-Morgan Medal and Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1987 Marlow Medal and Prize of the Faraday Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry
