Heidy M. Mader (1961 – 22 December 2022) was a British physicist and Professor at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

who specialised in the study of the flow of complex multiphase fluids, including magma in volcanic systems and ice. She was the editor-in-chief of the ''

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'' from 2016-2021.

Early life

Heidy Mader was born at

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to Eric and Renate (née Pitz) Mader. Her father was an officer in the RAF, while her mother, who originally came from Germany, was a teacher. For her secondary schooling, the family moved to Germany, where Mader became fluent in German and developed a passion for physics. She was the only girl in her year to take the subject at Abitur level. Mader earned her Bachelor of Science in physics from the University of York in 1985. She earned her Doctorate of Philosophy in Physics from the

in 1991. Her dissertation was titled ''Water veins in polycrystalline ice.''

Career

Mader began her career as a Research Physicist in the Technical Development Department at

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from 1985 to 1987. During her time there, she studied the flow of

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, including

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, an aerated chocolate bar. From 1990–1992, she was employed as BP Venture Research Fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. In 1992, she took up a Lectureship in Environmental Sciences at the

University of Lancaster , mottoeng = Truth lies open to all , established = , endowment = £13.9 million , budget = £317.9 million , type = Public , city = Bailrigg, City of Lancaster , country = England , coor = , campus = Bailrigg , faculty = ...

, before returning to Bristol as Lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences in 1996. She was promoted to Professor in 2013.

Personal life and death

Mader married Jon Keating in 2009 and together they had three children. The eldest, Alex, died soon after birth. Mader died from cancer on 22 December 2022, at the age of 61.

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* * 1961 births 2022 deaths British women physicists Academics of the University of Bristol Alumni of the University of Bristol Alumni of the University of York Volcanologists People from Cosford, Shropshire Scientists from Shropshire British people of German descent {{UK-physicist-stub