Michael John Whelan HonFRMS FRS FInstP (born 2 November 1931) is a British scientist.

Education and Career

Whelan completed his PhD at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge under the supervision of Peter Hirsch. He held research posts at the University of Cambridge until 1966 when he moved to the University of Oxford. As of 2011, Whelan is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford, England, and an Emeritus Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford.

Awards

In 1976 he was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society and

Fellow of the Institute of Physics Fellowship of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) is "the highest level of membership attainable" by physicists who are members of the Institute of Physics (IoP), "for those with a degree in physics or related subject (or equivalent knowledge gaine ...

. He and Archibald Howie won the 1988 Hughes Medal of the Royal Society "for their contributions to the theory of

electron diffraction Electron diffraction refers to the bending of electron beams around atomic structures. This behaviour, typical for waves, is applicable to electrons due to the wave–particle duality stating that electrons behave as both particles and waves. Si ...

and

microscopy Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view objects and areas of objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye (objects that are not within the resolution range of the normal eye). There are three well-known branches of micr ...

, and its application to the study of

lattice defect A crystallographic defect is an interruption of the regular patterns of arrangement of atoms or molecules in Crystal, crystalline solids. The positions and orientations of particles, which are repeating at fixed distances determined by the Crysta ...

s in crystals". He also received the 1998 Distinguished Scientist Award in Physical Sciences from the

Microscopy Society of America The Microscopy Society of America (MSA) was founded in 1942 as The Electron Microscope Society of America and is a non-profit organization that provides microanalytical facilities for studies within the sciences. Currently, there are approximately 3 ...

and the 1965 C.V. Boys Prize from the Institute of Physics. In 2001 he was elected honorary fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society. In 2011 he won the Gjønnes Medal in Electron Crystallography.

References

Publications

Sources

Michael J. Whelan's homepage at Oxford University

Prof M J Whelan, FRS Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today
1931 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) British physicists British materials scientists Microscopists Fellows of Linacre College, Oxford Fellows of the Royal Society Honorary fellows of the Royal Microscopical Society {{UK-physicist-stub