| Authorised form of name | Bradshaw; Alexander Marian (1944 - 2024); physicist |
| Dates | 1944 - 2024 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bushey, Hertfordshire, England |
| Date of birth | 12/07/1944 |
| Place of death | Berlin, Germay, Europe |
| Date of death | 10/10/2024 |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Research field | Plasma physics |
| Astronomy |
| Surface science |
| Physics |
| Spectroscopy |
| Activity | Education:
University of London PhD 1969; Technical University of Munich 1974
Career:
Worked at the Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin (1976-1998); Scientific Director of the Berlin synchrotron radiation source BESSY (1980S); Scientific Director, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (1999-2008).
Honours:
CBE
Awards/Medals:
Max Planck Research Prize 1994
Bundesverdienstkreuz 2002
Memberships:
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Academia Europaea
German Physical Society (President 1998-2000) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/05/2008 |
| Age at election | 63 |
| RSActivity | Committees:
International Exchanges Committee 2012-2017
Sectional Committee 2: Astronomy and physics 2009-2012 |
| PublishedWorks | RCN R79799 |
| OtherInfo | Distinguished for his research in surface science and molecular spectroscopy. Alex played a leading role in the development and application of several surface techniques, including reflection - absorption infrared spectroscopy, angle-resolved photoemission and quantitative photoelectron diffraction. Moreover, he performed the first high-resolution soft X-ray photoionisation experiments on free molecules. His work has opened up new fields of research.
Made seminal contributions to our understanding of the structure and bonding of adsorbed molecules, as well as of photoionisation processes in molecules in the inner-shell region. Later, he worked on the use of nuclear fusion as an energy source and other general questions of energy supply and resources.
Was was a member of various evaluation panels nationally and internationally, and chaired several EU committees on large-scale facilities and nuclear fusion. |
| Source | The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor Alexander Bradshaw CBE FRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/alexander-bradshaw-11131/; last accessed: 02/04/2025]
Fritz-Haber-Institut-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, In Memoriam: Professor Dr. Alexander M. Bradshaw (1944-2024), [URL: https://www.fhi.mpg.de/1620246/2024-10-14-Alexander-Bradshaw; last accessed: 02/04/2025]
Institute of Physics, Professor Sir Alexander Marian Bradshaw CBE FRS Hon.FInstP (1944-2024), [URL: https://www.iop.org/physics-community/obituaries/alexander-marian-bradshaw; last accessed: 02/04/2025] |
| Code | NA9550 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/007299 | Bradshaw, Alexander Marian | 2008 |