Gianluigi A. Botton (born 1963) is a French Canadian scientist and engineer. As a

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, he leads the Botton's Group to investigate new materials on the atomic-scale.

Early life and education

Botton was born in 1963. He completed his

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degree in physics and PhD in materials engineering from

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. Following his PhD, Botton was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the

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working under

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from 1993 to 1998. He then joined the Materials Technology Laboratory of

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in 1998 as a research scientist. Through his post-graduate positions, Botton also earned a summer job studying electron microscopy at

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located ...

Career

Botton joined the faculty of

's Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 2001. As a professor at McMaster, he also became the founder and inaugural director of the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy since 2008. Throughout his tenure at McMaster, he focused his research laboratory towards the understanding of the structure of different materials at the atomic level. As a result of his efforts, Botton was elected a fellow of the

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and named a Tier 1

. By 2017, Botton was named the recipient of CMSC Metal Physics Award and McMaster's the Faculty of Engineering Research Achievement Award. In 2018, Botton was elected a

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for his significant contributions within his field. The following year, Botton was offered, and accepted, a directorship position with the

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(CLS) at the

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"given his extensive background in materials science and advanced microscopy."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Botton, Gianluigi Living people Canadian engineers Academic staff of McMaster University Canada Research Chairs Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada 1963 births