Professor Ian Robinson
"Bragg Coherent Diffraction for 3D Imaging with X-rays"
Biography:
Ian Robinson, professor of physics and astronomy at the London Centre for Nanotechnology of University College London and Diamond Fellow at the Research Complex at Harwell in Oxford, England, also serves as chair of the Science Advisory Council at Stanford University¹s Linac Coherent Light Source. While work- ing as a researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories from
1981 to 1992, he developed the methods for studying surface structure using X-ray diffraction. These methods, based on crystal truncation rods, have become the definitive technique for determining atomic positions at surfaces and interfaces. Such surface methods are still used today at the major synchrotron research facilities, including NSLS (Brookhaven), ESRF (Grenoble), APS-ANL (Argonne), and Diamond Light Source (Harwell).
Robinson¹s numerous awards include the Professorial Fellowship of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council in the United Kingdom; the Surface Structure Prize of the International Conference on the Structure of Surfaces; the Diamond Light Source Fellowship; the Humboldt Foundation¹s Senior Research Fellowship; the Ted Maslen Award of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand; and the American Crystallographic Association¹s B. E. Warren Award. He was the editor of the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter and a professor in the physics depart- ment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1992 to 2005.
Robinson received a PhD in biophysics from Harvard University and a master¹s degree in natural sciences from Cambridge University. He is the coauthor of three books and has published more than 280 papers in areas that span nanocrystal and nanowire structural analysis, surface structure determination, phase contrast imaging, and X-ray diffraction methods.