Michael Bedzyk

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Michael J. Bedzyk
Known forx-ray physicist
developing the understanding of X-ray standing waves
AwardsBertram Eugene Warren Diffraction Physics Award, American Crystallographic Association (1994)
Fellow of American Physical Society (1998)
Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012)
Scientific career
Fieldsphysics
Institutions Northwestern University

Michael J. Bedzyk is an x-ray physicist, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University.

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Biography

His research program includes the development of novel X-ray probes and the characterization of surface, interface, and thin-film structures with atomic resolution. He conducts experiments using both in-house and synchrotron X-ray facilities. The latter have greatly enhanced chemical and structural sensitivity for studying systems as dilute as one-hundredth of an atomic monolayer.

He also developed a number of methods for generating X-ray standing waves with differing characteristic length scales. He uses these periodic X-ray probes to pinpoint the lattice location of adsorbate atoms on crystalline surfaces, to measure strain within epitaxially grown semiconductor and ferroelectric thin films, and to locate heavy atoms within ordered ultrathin organic films.

Awards and significant honors

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012 [1]

Fellow, American Physical Society, 1998 [2]

Bertram Eugene Warren Diffraction Physics Award, American Crystallographic Association, 1994 [3]

Education

Bedzyk received his bachelor's, M.S., and PhD degrees all from State University of New York at Albany. His PhD thesis was titled "X-ray standing wave analysis for bromine chemisorbed on silicon." [4]

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References

  1. "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. "APS fellow archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  3. "Crystallographers" (PDF). J Appl Crystallogr (27): 862. 1994.
  4. Bedzyk, Michael J (July 29, 1982). X-ray standing wave analysis for bromine chemisorbed on silicon. OCLC   10510923 via Open WorldCat.