Prof. Dr. Malcolm Iain McMahon

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsExperimental Condensed Matter Physics,Mineralogy, Crystallography
Keywordshigh density matter, x-ray fraction, crystallography

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh
InstitutionUniversity of Edinburgh

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Björn WinklerAbteilung Kristallographie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2013

Programme(s)

2013Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Prof. McMahon is a renowned world leader in the field of high pressure crystallography. He discovered the surprising emergence of pressure-induced complex structures in seemingly simple metallic compounds. In Germany, he'll continue to develop new approaches to experimentally study structure-property relations at high pressure/high temperatures, using the facilities in Frankfurt and at DESY (Hamburg).