John Marius Rodenburg
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Professor
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in the Department of
Electronic
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*Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor
* ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal
*Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device
*Electronic co ...
and
Electrical Engineering at the
University of Sheffield
, mottoeng = To discover the causes of things
, established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions:
– Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield
, type = Pu ...
.
Education
Rodenburg was educated at
University of Exeter
, mottoeng = "We Follow the Light"
, established = 1838 - St Luke's College1855 - Exeter School of Art1863 - Exeter School of Science 1955 - University of Exeter (received royal charter)
, type = Public
, ...
where he was awarded a
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
degree in
Physics
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with
Electronics
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. He moved to the
Cavendish Laboratory to complete his
PhD on the detection and interpretation of
electron diffraction patterns which was awarded by the
University of Cambridge
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in 1986.
Career and research
Rodenburg's research interests are in
microscopy,
materials analysis
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and the use of
ptychography
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and
algorithm
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s for
phase retrieval
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::F(k) = , F(k), e^ =\int_^ f(x)\ e^\,dx
where ''x'' is an ''M''-dimensional spatia ...
.
Awards and honours
Rodenburg was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathemat ...
(FRS) in 2019 for "substantial contributions to the improvement of natural knowledge".
References
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Fellows of the Royal Society
1960 births
Living people