Michael Charlton (academic)
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Michael Charlton FInstP FLSW MAE is an emeritus professor of Experimental Physics at Swansea University and the vice president of the Learned Society of Wales[1]
Education[edit]
Charlton graduated from University College London (UCL) In 1978 with a BSc in physics.[2] In 1980, he won his PhD from the same institution where he worked on his thesis entitled “An Experimental Study of the Interactions of Positrons and Electrons in Gases”.[1][2]
Career[edit]
After winning a Science and Engineering Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship in 1982, and a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 1983, Charlton became a Reader in Physics at University College London in 1991.[1] He left University College London in 1999 and was appointed Professor of Physics at Swansea University in that year.[2] In 2001, Charlton was appointed Head of the Department of Physics at Swansea University and held the role until 2007, before taking on the role again from 2012 to 2016.[1] Charlton is currently Emeritus Professor of Physics at Swansea University.[3] Since 2018, Charlton has been Vice President of the Learned Society of Wales.[3]
Research[edit]
Charlton's focuses on antihydrogen physics, positron and positronium physics, positron beams and the physics of atomic scattering processes.[4][3]
Honours and awards[edit]
In 1982 Charlton was awarded SERC Postdoctoral Fellowship and in 1983 he was awarded Royal Society University Research Fellowship award.[3] In 2007, he was awarded EPSRC Senior Research Fellowship award [3] and in 2011 he was the Co-recipient of the 2011 American Physical Society James Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research[5]
Fellowship and membership[edit]
In 2004 he was elected as the Fellow of the Institute of Physics,[3] in 2011 he became an elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[1] In 2014 he was elected to the Council of the Learned Society of Wales,[3] in 2018 he was elected as the Vice President of the Learned Society of Wales for STEMM.[3] In 2019 he was elected as a Member of Academia Europaea and the Academy of Europe[4] In 2020, he was awarded the Institute of Physics Thomson Medal and Prize[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Wales, The Learned Society of. "Michael Charlton". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ a b c "Academy of Europe: CV". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Professor Michael Charlton - Swansea University". www.swansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ a b "Academy of Europe: Charlton Michael". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ "Loop | Michael Charlton". loop.frontiersin.org. Retrieved 2023-09-20.