Pratibha Gai
Pratibha L. Gai is Professor and Chair of Electron Microscopy and Director at The York JEOL Nanocentre (Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of York, United Kingdom)[1]
Scientific career
In 2009, after years of development, Gai, who holds a chair in electron microscopy and is co-director of the York JEOL Nanocentre at the University of York, succeeded in creating a microscope capable of perceiving chemical reactions at the atomic scale.[2] This is an advance on conventional microscopes at this scale, which can only view innate material in the “dead” conditions of a vacuum at room temperature.
With the help of colleagues, she built and refined the machine over two decades, beginning with a lower-resolution prototype when she was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. She then spent 18 years in the US at chemical firm DuPont and the University of Delaware.[2]
Originally from India, Prof Gai has a PhD in Physics (Cambridge University), Cavendish Laboratory)[3]
Highlights and honours
- Institute of Physics 2010 Gabor Medal and Prize for in-situ atomic resolution-environmental transmission electron microscopy (ETEM).
- Fellow of Institute of Physics
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2013 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Laureate for Europe[4]
References
- ↑ "Pratibha Gai - Physics, The University of York". York.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gibney, Elizabeth (14 February 2013). "Pratibha Gai’s award-winning focus". Times Higher Education.
- ↑ "Professor Pratibha L. Gai". Loreal-UNESCO Awards 2013 Laureate. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
- ↑ "Pratibha L. Gai, 2013 L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards Laureate for Europe". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-05-13.