Alexander Bradshaw

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Alexander Bradshaw

Born (1944-06-12) 12 June 1944 (age 78)
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Awards Federal Cross of Merit (Germany)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Website Max-Planck Institute

Alexander Marian Bradshaw CBE , FRS , HonFInstP (born 12 July 1944 Bushey) is a British physicist. He was scientific director of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, from 1999 to 2008. [1]

He earned a PhD from University of London in 1969, and habilitation from Technical University Munich in 1974. [2] He is also notable for his work with D. Phil Woodruff, on photoelectron diffraction. [3]

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References

  1. "Prof. Dr. Alexander M. Bradshaw". Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. "Alexander Bradshaw, Prof. Dr., Curriculum Vitae". Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. Archived from the original on 12 May 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  3. "Prof. D. Phil Woodruff FRS". Warwick University. Retrieved 24 September 2017.