Richard John Nelmes (born 1943) is a British crystallographer, currently professor emeritus and Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh. As chair of the university's Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions (CSEC), he studies the behaviour of crystal structures and materials such as ice, methane, and silicon at pressures of up to 1 million times normal atmospheric pressure.[1]
Richard Nelmes | |
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | High-pressure crystallography |
| Awards | Duddell Medal 2007 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Crystallography |
| Institutions | |
| Doctoral advisor | William Cochran |
| Website | Official website  |
Early life and career
editNelmes graduated from the University of Cambridge, before moving to the University of Edinburgh, where he took a PhD supervised by William Cochran.[2]
Research interests
editAt the Edinburgh University Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, Nelmes' research looks at how extreme pressures can change the properties of existing materials or create entirely new ones.[3] This work has many industrial applications, from creating new superconductors to cooking foods using pressure instead of heat.[3] Nelmes also works at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory where he helped to establish the Diamond Light Source X-ray synchrotron and has pioneered high-pressure X-ray diffraction.[1][4]
Awards
editNelmes received an OBE in 2000 for his scientific research.[5] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1995[6] and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2003.[1] In 2007, he received the Duddell Medal from the Institute of Physics for "pioneering new techniques and instrumentation that have transformed high-pressure structural science, including the production of quantitative diffraction data that can be analysed to pressures beyond a megabar".[7]
Selected publications
edit- McMahon M.I., Nelmes R.J. (2006). "High-pressure structures and phase transformations in elemental metals". Chem Soc Rev. 35 (10): 943–63. doi:10.1039/b517777b. PMID 17003900.
- Loveday, J.S.; Nelmes, R.J. (2008). "High-pressure gas hydrates". Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10 (7): 937–950. Bibcode:2008PCCP...10..937L. doi:10.1039/B704740A. hdl:1842/3987. PMID 18259632.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Richard Nelmes: Fellow Detail Page". The Royal Society. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ McMahon MI, Nelmes RJ (2006). "High-pressure structures and phase transformations in elemental metals". Chem Soc Rev. 35 (10): 943–63. doi:10.1039/b517777b. PMID 17003900.
- ^ a b "The big squeeze". The Royal Society. 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Prof. Richard Nelmes". Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions. University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "OBE for Richard Nelmes in January 2001". CLRC Labnews. January 2001. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Professor Richard Nelmes". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "November 2006 - Duddell Medal and Prize for CSEC Chairman". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 10 December 2023.