Pratibha Gai
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Applications of Weak Beam Electron Microscopy (1974) |
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Pratibha L. Gai FRS FRSC FREng [1] is a microscopist and Professor and Chair of Electron Microscopy and Director at The York JEOL Nanocentre, Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of York, United Kingdom.[2]
Education and ealry life
Originally from India, Gai was educated at the University of Cambridge where she was awarded a PhD in 1974 for research on weak beam electron microscopy conducted in the Cavendish Laboratory.[3][4]
Research and career
Gai has pioneered advanced in-situ electron microscopy applications in the chemical sciences and with Edward D. Boyes co-invented the atomic resolution environmental transmission electron microscope (ETEM). The ETEM enables the visualisation and analysis on the atomic scale of dynamic gas-catalyst reactions underpinning key chemical processes. Her research has helped to understand better how catalysts function, leading to valuable new science. Her microscope and process inventions are being exploited worldwide by microscope manufacturers, chemical companies and researchers.[5][6]
In 2009, after years of development, Gai, who holds a chair in electron microscopy and is co-director of the York JEOL Nanocentre at the University of York, succeeded in creating a microscope capable of perceiving chemical reactions at the atomic scale.[7] This is an advance on conventional microscopes at this scale, which can only view innate material in the "dead" conditions of a vacuum at room temperature. It is known as the atomic resolution environmental transmission electron microscope (ETEM).[8]
With the help of colleagues, she built and refined the machine over two decades, beginning with a lower-resolution prototype when she was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. She then spent 18 years in the US at chemical firm DuPont and the University of Delaware.[7][9]
Awards and honours
- 2010 Gabor Medal and Prize for in-situ atomic resolution environmental transmission electron microscopy (ETEM).
- Fellow of the Institute of Physics[when?]
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry[when?]
- 2013 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Laureate for Europe[10]
- 2014 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering[1]
- 2016 Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)[5]
References
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- Vague or ambiguous time from May 2016
- Living people
- Academics of the University of York
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Fellows of the Institute of Physics
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Female Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- University of Delaware faculty
- Microscopists
- Women inventors
- L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Female Fellows of the Royal Society
- 1948 births
