Mark Welland

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Mark Welland is a world leader in nanotechnology and scanned probe microscopy. His achievements combine the development of new experimental tools for nanoscale characterisation with the modelling of nano-scale properties, and an interdisciplinary approach to practical applications. His contributions include determining the mechanical properties of single molecules, and of molecular layers and polymer films at the nanometre scale; local electronic properties of semiconductors, insulators and metallic nanowires; optical property determination with atomic resolution; size and shape effects in sub-micron magnetic structures; sensors for chemical and biochemical recognition, and synthesis of new materials by direct nano-fabrication. His seminal contributions are internationally recognised, he leads an IRC, and he continues to be a fertile originator of new nano-scale science and technology. [21]

In 2014, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Bristol.

References

  1. Porter, A. E.; Gass, M.; Muller, K.; Skepper, J. N.; Midgley, P. A.; Welland, M. (2007). "Direct imaging of single-walled carbon nanotubes in cells". Nature Nanotechnology. 2 (11): 713–7. Bibcode:2007NatNa...2..713P. doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.347. PMID   18654411.
  2. Knowles, T. P.; Fitzpatrick, A. W.; Meehan, S.; Mott, H. R.; Vendruscolo, M.; Dobson, C. M.; Welland, M. E. (2007). "Role of Intermolecular Forces in Defining Material Properties of Protein Nanofibrils". Science. 318 (5858): 1900–3. Bibcode:2007Sci...318.1900K. doi:10.1126/science.1150057. PMID   18096801. S2CID   32892463.
  3. Smith, J. F.; Knowles, T. P. J.; Dobson, C. M.; MacPhee, C. E.; Welland, M. E. (2006). "Characterization of the nanoscale properties of individual amyloid fibrils". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (43): 15806–11. Bibcode:2006PNAS..10315806S. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0604035103 . PMC   1635084 . PMID   17038504.
  4. Shu, W.; Liu, D.; Watari, M.; Riener, C. K.; Strunz, T.; Welland, M. E.; Balasubramanian, S.; McKendry, R. A. (2005). "DNA Molecular Motor Driven Micromechanical Cantilever Arrays". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127 (48): 17054–60. doi:10.1021/ja0554514. PMID   16316252.
  5. Knowles, T. P.; Waudby, C. A.; Devlin, G. L.; Cohen, S. I.; Aguzzi, A; Vendruscolo, M; Terentjev, E. M.; Welland, M. E.; Dobson, C. M. (2009). "An analytical solution to the kinetics of breakable filament assembly". Science. 326 (5959): 1533–7. Bibcode:2009Sci...326.1533K. doi:10.1126/science.1178250. PMID   20007899. S2CID   6267152.
  6. Mark Welland's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  7. Cowburn, R. P.; Koltsov, D. K.; Adeyeye, A. O.; Welland, M. E. (1999). "Single-Domain Circular Nanomagnets". Physical Review Letters. 83 (5): 1042. Bibcode:1999PhRvL..83.1042C. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1042.
  8. Cowburn, R. P. (2000). "Room Temperature Magnetic Quantum Cellular Automata". Science. 287 (5457): 1466–1468. Bibcode:2000Sci...287.1466C. doi:10.1126/science.287.5457.1466. PMID   10688790.
  9. Barnes, J. R.; Stephenson, R. J.; Welland, M. E.; Gerber, C.; Gimzewski, J. K. (1994). "Photothermal spectroscopy with femtojoule sensitivity using a micromechanical device". Nature. 372 (6501): 79. Bibcode:1994Natur.372...79B. doi:10.1038/372079a0. S2CID   4326428.
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  11. 1 2 "WELLAND, Sir Mark (Edward)" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (online Oxford University Press  ed.). A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. Welland, Mark Edward (1979). An investigation into the properties of migrating grain boundaries using Micro-Mossel X-ray diffraction (MSc thesis). University of Bristol.
  13. Welland, Mark Edward (1984). A study of grain boundaries in copper and copper-bismuth alloy (PhD thesis). University of Bristol.
  14. Professor Mark Welland
  15. New Chief Scientific Adviser at the MOD, MoD Press Release, 3 April 2008.
  16. UK Government grants awarded to Mark Welland, via Research Councils UK
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  18. "No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. 2.
  19. "Queen's birthday honours list: Knights". The Guardian. London. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  20. "List of Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering".
  21. "EC/2002/41: Welland, Mark Edward". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019.
Mark Welland
Born (1955-10-18) 18 October 1955 (age 69)
Alma mater
SpouseEsme Lynora Otun
ChildrenFour
Awards
Scientific career
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Thesis A study of grain boundaries in copper and copper-bismuth alloy  (1984)
39th Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
In office
1 October 2016 1 October 2023
Academic offices
Preceded by Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
2016–2023
Succeeded by