Gerhard Materlik

Gerhard Materlik CBE FRS , also Gerd Materlik , (* 1945 in Marl ) is a German physicist and science manager. He made numerous essential contributions to modern X-ray physics, especially research with synchrotron radiation .

Career

Materlik studied physics in Münster and Munich. He wrote his doctoral thesis at the University of Dortmund with Ulrich Bonse . After research stays as a postdoc at Cornell University and Bell Laboratories , he accepted a position at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg in 1978 . From 1986 he was scientific director at the Hamburg synchrotron radiation laboratory HASYLAB and member of the DESY board of directors, and from 1990 professor at the University of Hamburg . In 1993/94 he was a visiting professor at Stanford University . He left Hamburg in 2001 and became the first director of the British synchrotron radiation source Diamond Light Source near Oxford, which was still in the planning phase . He remained in this position until 2013. Since 2002 he has taught at the University of Oxford , as well as in Reading and Southampton. Effective January 1, 2014, his successor as CEO of Diamond will be the chemist Andrew Harrison.

Services

As a researcher, Materlik has authored around 200 scientific articles as main or co-author in the course of his career, including in the areas of X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy and X-ray imaging, especially fluorescence holography. He was also involved in the development of numerous synchrotron radiation sources, including the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) and the Advanced Photon Source (APS) in the USA, SPring-8 in Japan and the ESRF in Grenoble . In his work in Hamburg he was most recently coordinator of the TESLA X-ray laser project, from which the European XFEL emerged . He led the Diamond synchrotron radiation source from the planning phase through to user operation. The jury of the Würzburg X-ray Prize 2002 describes Materlik as a "pioneer of modern research with X-rays in Germany", who has "also significantly influenced the development of new X-ray sources, especially synchrotron radiation sources worldwide".

Memberships and honors

In 2002 he was awarded the Röntgen Prize of the University of Würzburg; the university awarded the prize for the first time in 59 years on the occasion of the university's 600th birthday. The University of Reading awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2004. In 2007 Materlik was awarded the honorary title of Commander of the British Empire . In the same year he became a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and in 2011 a member of the Royal Society . For 2014 he was awarded the Glazebrook Medal .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Diamond CEO Prof. Gerd Materlik elected Fellow of the Royal Society. Diamond Light Source /Lightsources.org, May 20, 2011, archived from the original on February 25, 2014 ; accessed on April 13, 2019 (English).  
2. ↑ TU Dortmund honors X-ray interferometry pioneer Bonse on his 85th birthday. In: lokalkompass.de . October 12, 2013, accessed April 22, 2019 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} End of the Science Year: Celebration with award ceremonies. In: UNI-INTERN 39/2002. University of Würzburg , December 18, 2002, accessed on February 18, 2014 .  
4. ^ Diamond Light Source names new CEO. Wellcome Trust , July 4, 2013, accessed February 18, 2014 .  
5. ↑ Gerhard Materlik receives Würzburg X-Ray Prize. German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), January 6, 2003, accessed on February 18, 2014 .  
6. ^ Honorary CBE for Head of Diamond Light Source. Diamond Light Source , November 26, 2007, accessed February 18, 2014 .  
7. ^ Professor Gerhard Theodor Materlik CBE FRS. Royal Society , accessed April 22, 2019 .  
8. ↑ 2014 Glazebrook Medal. Institute of Physics , accessed February 13, 2015 .