!!Colin Humphreys
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PROFESSOR COLIN JOHN HUMPHREYS\\
CBE, FREng, Hon DSc, FIMMM, FIoP, FRMS
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__EDUCATION__
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*1963		BSc. 1st Class Honours in Physics at Imperial College, London
*1967		PhD in Physics at University of Cambridge 
*1968		MA, University of Oxford
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__CURRENT POSITIONS - UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE__
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*2008 - present	Director of Research, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
*1994 - present	Director, Rolls-Royce University Technology Partnership in Advanced Materials
*2000 - present	Director, Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride 
*1990 - present	Fellow, Selwyn College, Cambridge
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__RESEARCH INTERESTS__
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*Electron Microscopy and Analysis
*Semiconductors (particularly gallium nitride)
*Ultra-high temperature superalloys for aerospace applications
*The chronology of ancient historical events 
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__HONOURS AND AWARDS__
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*2008			Establishment of the Colin Humphreys’ Education Award by the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (in recognition of Humphreys’ work in promoting science in schools. It is to be awarded annually for outstanding work in promoting science to the 11-19 age group. Humphreys presented the medal to the first recipient in June 2008)
*2007			Fellow, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo (first year of the Awards)
*2006	Commemorative Plaque, China Distinguished Materials Scientist Lecture, Beijing
*2003			Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 
*2003			Robert Franklin Mehl Gold Medal, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, USA
*2001	Hon DSc, University of Leicester
*2001			European Materials Gold Medal, the premier award of the Federation of European Materials Societies
*1999			Kelvin Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics
*1996			Elegant Work Prize, Institute of Materials
*1994	Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering
*1994			Freedom, City of London
*1991		Member, Academia Europaea
*1989			Rosenhain Medal and Prize, Institute of Metals
*1963			Royal Society of Arts Silver Medal
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__NAMED LECTURES__
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*2010 Sir D. Owen Evans Memorial Lecture, The University of Wales, Aberystwyth (to be delivered 5 May 2010)
*2008 IEEE Distinguished Lecture, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
*2008 Golden Jubilee Oration, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Delhi 
*2002 Robert Warner Lecture, Founders’ Company, London
*2002 John Matthews Memorial Lecture, Durban, South Africa
*2001 Royal Academy of Engineering Sterling Lecture, Singapore and Malaysia
*2000 Hatfield Memorial Lecture, University of Sheffield/Royal Society/Institute of Materials
*1999 Gladstone Lecture, European Physical Society, London
*1997 Hume Rothery Memorial Lecture, Oxford
*1993 DKC MacDonald Memorial Lecture, Toronto, Canada
*1989 Reginald Mitchell Memorial Lecture and Medal, Stoke-on-Trent 
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__CURRENT POSITIONS - EXTERNAL__
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*2010 - 2012	Royal Society’s Research Appointment Panel
*2003 - present	Chairman, International Advisory Board, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan (ranked 3rd in the world for its materials science citations.)  
*1999 - present	Professor of Experimental Physics (Honorary), The Royal Institution, London
*2007 - present	Board of Stakeholders, EU Technology Platform Photonics 21
*2005 - present	Advisory Panel, The Leverhulme Trust
*2008 	Royal Academy of Engineering Review Panel for the Newton International Fellowship Scheme
*2008 - present	Review Panel for Japan World Premier Research Centre Initiative
*1994 - present	Court Member, Cranfield University
*2006 - present	EPSRC Steering Committee for the National Facility for III-V Semiconductors, Sheffield
*2006 - present	EPSRC Management Committee of 3DAP Analysis Facility, Oxford University
*2004 - present	Court Member, Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers (Upper Warden 2009)
*1997 - present	Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
*1994 - present	Trustee, Link House, Cambridge
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__PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS__
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*1990-08		Goldsmiths’ Professor of Materials Science, University of Cambridge
*2000-05	Chairman, Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry, University of Cambridge
*2002-06		Chairman, Promotions Committee, Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry, Cambridge
*1991-05	Head of Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
*1985-90	Henry Bell Wortley Professor of Materials Engineering, and Head of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Liverpool
*1980-85	University Lecturer, Department of Metallurgy & Science of Materials, University of Oxford
*1974-85			Senior Research Fellow, Jesus College, Oxford
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__SOME PREVIOUS EXTERNAL POSITIONS__
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*2002-03		President, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
*2004-05	Chairman of the Managing Board, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
*1984-87	Chairman, Commission on Electron Diffraction, and Member of the Commission on International Tables, International Union of Crystallography
*1988-92	Chairman, Materials Science and Engineering Commission, and Member of Council, Science and Engineering Research Council
*2003			Chairman, International Review Panel of Materials, The Technion, Israel
*1993-96	Vice-Chairman, Technology Foresight Materials Panel, Office of Science and Technology
*2005-08	Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Singapore
*2006-08 		EPSRC Steering Committee for International Review of Materials
*1997			Selby Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
*2003-06	Awards Committee, Royal Academy of Engineering
*1999-06	National Advisory Committee on Electronic Materials and Devices (DTI)
*1989-92	Advisory Committee, Davy-Faraday Laboratory, Royal Institution
*1990-2000	Scientific Advisory Committee on Advanced Materials for EC International Scientific Co-operation Programme
*2000-01	Metallurgy and Materials Panel, Research Assessment Exercise 2001, HEFCE
*2003-04	International Advisory Panel for New University, United Arab Emirates
*1998-99	President, Physics Section, British Association
*1997-98	Fellow in the Public Understanding of Physics, Institute of Physics
*1994-03	Member, John Templeton Foundation, USA
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__EDITORIAL__
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*2001-06 Editor-in-Chief, Reports on Progress in Physics
*2007-08 Organising Committee Member for MRS Bulletin Special Issue: “Harnessing Materials for Energy”, published May 2008		
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__SOCIETIES__
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*Fellow, The Royal Academy of Engineering
*Fellow, Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals
*Fellow, Institute of Physics
*Fellow, Royal Microscopical Society
*Member, Academia Europaea
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__VISITING INDUSTRIAL FELLOW__
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*1969 United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh
*1979 AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
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__INVITED TALKS IN 2009__
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“The key role of electron microscopy in solving some major world problems”. Opening plenary lecture, FEI Technology Conference, Eindhoven, April 2009.
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“Characterisation of interfaces by TEM and 3-D atom probe”. Invited talk at International Workshop on Limits to Characterisation and Modelling of Atomic Scale Processes and Defects, Bernkastel, Germany, May 2009.
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“Next generation solid-state lighting: GaN on Si LEDs”. Keynote lecture, Silicon-Based Emission Technologies Conference (SiBET 2009), Manchester, June 2009.
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“Characterisation and modelling of random alloys and interface steps using data from atom probe tomography.” Invited talk at International Atom Probe Workshop 2009, September 2009, Oxford.
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“Why are GaN LEDs so bright? The key role of HREM in imaging monolayer interface steps in InGaN/GaN”. Invited talk at Frontiers of Electron Microscopy in Materials Science (FEMMS 2009), Huis Ten Bosch, Japan, September 2009.
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“150 mm LED on Si”. Invited talk at International MOCVD Workshop, Shenzhen, China, October 2009.
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“MOVPE growth and characterisation of GaN structures grown on un-patterned Si substrates”. Invited talk at the 6th China International Forum on Solid-State Lighting, Shenzhen, October 2009.
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“3-D atom probe and TEM studies of InGaN/GaN materials”. Invited talk, Materials Research Society, Boston, November 2009.
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“Key challenges in the growth and characterisation of GaN-based LEDs”. Keynote talk at the XV International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Delhi, India, December 2009.
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__RECENT INDUSTRIAL LINKS__
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*1992-present Consultant with Rolls-Royce 
*1994-present Rolls-Royce grant for UTP in Materials and various EPSRC/DTI/TSB grants for UTP
*2000-present Collaboration Agreement with Thomas Swan Scientific Equipment Ltd (now Aixtron Ltd)
*2003-2007 DTI/EPSRC LINK grant: “Gallium nitride for display applications” (Forge Europa, Thomas Swan, University of Cambridge)
*2005-2008 DTI grant: “Nanophosphors for displays and lighting” (Forge Europa, Semelab, Brunel University, University of Cambridge)
*2007-2010 TSB grant: “A low-cost manufacturing route for gallium nitride based solid-state lighting” (RFMD UK, QinetiQ, Aixtron Ltd, Forge Europa, University of Cambridge)
*2008-2011 TSB grant: “LED Lighting for the 21st Century” (PhotonStar LED, University of Cambridge) 
*2004-2007 Thomas Swan grant: “Atomic Force Microscopy Studies on Gallium Nitride” 
*2004-2007 Sharp Europe Grant: “Device Degradation in Gallium Nitride-based Laser Diodes” 
*2005-2008 FEI grant: “Dopant contrast in the SEM”