Alexander Bradshaw#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 2004 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Alexander Bradshaw passed away October 10, 2024.
Positions Held
- 2008 - present Scientific Member, Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
- 2000 - present Honorary Professor of Physics, Technical University Munich
- 1997 - 2009 Honorary Professor of Physics, Technical University Berlin
- 1999 - 2008 Scientific Director, Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
- 1981 - 1985 and 1988 - 1989 Scientific Director, BESSY Synchrotron Radiation Source
- 1980 - 1998 Scientific Member and Head of the Department of Surface Physics, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society Berlin
- 1969 PhD University of London
Fields of Scholarship
- Photoionisation of atoms
- Surface physics
- Molecules and clusters
- Energy and sustainability questions, in particular the future role of advanced nuclear options
- Instrumentation, in particular for synchrotron radiation
Honours and Awards
- 1994 Max-Planck Research Prize
- 1996 John Yarwood Medal of the British Vacuum Council
- 1998 - 2000 President of the German Physical Society
- 1999 Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
- 2000 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2001 European Physical Society Medal for Public Understanding of Physics
- 2002 Member of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)
- 2002 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Member of the German National Academy of Engineering (acatech)
- 2005 Honorary doctorate, University of London
- 2006 Honorary Fellow, Institute of Physics
- 2007 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Rudolf Jaeckel Prize of the German Vacuum Society 2007, Fellow of the European Physical Society 2008
- 2008 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2012 Honorary Member of the German Physical Society
