Colin Humphreys#
| Membership Number: | 1018 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.gan.msm.cam.ac.uk/directory/humphreys |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2008 Professor and Director of Research, Materials Science and Metallurgy, Cambridge
- 2002-2003 President, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
- 1990-2008 Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science, Cambridge
- 1985-1990 Henry Bell Wortley Professor of Materials Engineering, and Head of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Liverpool
- 1980-1985 Lecturer, Oxford
- 1967 Ph.D. Physics, Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Electron microscopy
- High-temperature aerospace materials
- Gallium nitride
- Semiconductors
Honours and Awards
- 1989 Rosenhain Medal and Prize, Institute of Metals
- 1994 Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering
- 1996 Elegant Work Prize, Institute of Materials
- 1999 Kelvin Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics
- 2001 European Materials Gold Medal, the Premier Award of the Federation of European Materials Societies
- 2001 Hon DSc, Univ. Leicester
- 2003 Robert Franklin Mehl Gold Medal, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, USA
- 2003 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 2007 Fellow, School of Engineering, Univ. Tokyo
- 2008 Establishment of the Colin Humphreys' Education Medal by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
