Alec Broers
Alec Nigel Broers, Baron Broers (born September 17, 1938 in Calcutta , India ) is a British researcher in the field of nanotechnology .
biography
His family owned a farm in Victoria Province , Australia . After receiving the B.Sc. -Grades at the University of Melbourne , he went on to study at Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge University , where he received a BA degree and finally a Ph.D. -Graduate degree.
He then joined IBM in 1966 in their TJ Watson research laboratory in New York. His interests were almost exclusively in the research and development of electron beam devices for the exposure of wafers with semiconductor circuits .
In 1984 he returned to Cambridge as Professor of Electrical Engineering. In 1986 he was admitted to the Royal Society as a Fellow . There he was in 1990 Master of the Churchill College (until 1996), 1993 Chairman of the University of Cambridge Engineering Department. From 1996 to 2003 he was Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Knighted in 1998 as a Knight Bachelor , in 2004 he was raised to a life peer as Baron Broers , of Cambridge in the County of Cambridgeshire, and has been a member of the British House of Lords ever since . In parliament he is on the side of the Crossbencher . From 2001 to 2006 was the President of the Royal Academy of Engineering . Since 2001 he has been an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .
He is married and has two sons.
Web links
- Lord Broers: The Reith lectures, 2005 on BBC Radio 4 (English)
- Alec Nigel Broers, Baron Broers Alec Broers on thepeerage.com
- Mr Alec Broers at Hansard (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member History: Lord Alec Broers. American Philosophical Society, accessed May 20, 2018 (with a short biography).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Broers, Alec |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Broers, Alec Nigel, Baron Broers |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British researcher in the field of nanotechnology |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calcutta, India |