Colin Humphreys#

PROFESSOR COLIN JOHN HUMPHREYS
CBE, FREng, Hon DSc, FIMMM, FIoP, FRMS

EDUCATION

• 1963 BSc. 1st Class Honours in Physics at Imperial College, London
• 1967 PhD in Physics at University of Cambridge
• 1968 MA, University of Oxford

CURRENT POSITIONS - UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

• 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

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Electron Microscopy and Analysis
• Semiconductors (particularly gallium nitride)
• Ultra-high temperature superalloys for aerospace applications
• The chronology of ancient historical events

HONOURS AND AWARDS

• 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

NAMED LECTURES

• 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

CURRENT POSITIONS - EXTERNAL

• 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

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• 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

SOME PREVIOUS EXTERNAL POSITIONS

• 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

EDITORIAL

• 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

SOCIETIES

• Fellow, The Royal Academy of Engineering
• Fellow, Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals
• Fellow, Institute of Physics
• Fellow, Royal Microscopical Society
• Member, Academia Europaea

VISITING INDUSTRIAL FELLOW

• 1969 United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh
• 1979 AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey

INVITED TALKS IN 2009

“The key role of electron microscopy in solving some major world problems”. Opening plenary lecture, FEI Technology Conference, Eindhoven, April 2009.

“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.

“Next generation solid-state lighting: GaN on Si LEDs”. Keynote lecture, Silicon-Based Emission Technologies Conference (SiBET 2009), Manchester, June 2009.

“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.

“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.

“150 mm LED on Si”. Invited talk at International MOCVD Workshop, Shenzhen, China, October 2009.

“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.

“3-D atom probe and TEM studies of InGaN/GaN materials”. Invited talk, Materials Research Society, Boston, November 2009.

“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.

RECENT INDUSTRIAL LINKS

• 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”