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Head of Diamond Light Source receives Honorary CBE
IOP
28 November 2007
Professor Gerhard Materlik, Chief Executive of Diamond Light Source Ltd, received an honorary CBE from the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills for services to science on Monday November 26.
Professor Materlik, a Fellow of the Institute with a distinguished career in physics has been responsible for the delivery and operation of Diamond, the largest scientific facility to be built in the UK for 40 years. Professor Materlik provided the strategic vision necessary for the construction of Diamond and ensured that Diamond was delivered on-time and within budget in January 2007.
At Diamond, research work has already begun that could lead to drugs being available to prevent cancer cells from spreading; meteorites have been studied to understand the early solar system; ways to improve digital data storage through improved magnetic materials have been examined; and powerful X-rays have been used to investigate fragile ancient parchments.
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