Angus Kirkland
{{Short description|British microscopist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Angus Kirkland
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| birth_name = Angus Ian Kirkland
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1965|8}}
| nationality =
| fields = Electron microscopy
HRTEM
STEM
| workplaces = University of Oxford
Rosalind Franklin Institute
Diamond Light Source
University of Cambridge
| alma_mater =
| thesis_title = High resolution electron microscopic studies of colloidal metal particles.
| thesis_url = https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.317850
| thesis_year = 1989
| doctoral_advisor =
| notable_students = Sarah Haigh
| website =
| education = University of Cambridge (MA, Ph.D)
| honorific_suffix = FInstP FRSC FRMS
| honorific_prefix = Professor
}}
Angus Ian Kirkland FInstP FRSC FRMS (born August 1965){{Cite web |title=Angus Ian KIRKLAND personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/60y8OzVld10we63R9UqkA3iivkE/appointments |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}{{Primary source inline|date=March 2024}} is the JEOL Professor of Electron Microscopy at the Department of Materials, University of Oxford.{{Cite web |title=Angus Kirkland |url=https://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/kirkland.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www.materials.ox.ac.uk |language=en}} Professor Kirkland specialises in High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and Scanning transmission electron microscopy.{{Cite web |title=Angus Kirkland |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tJpBmdIAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=scholar.google.com}}{{Cite web |title=Angus I. Kirkland {{!}} University of Oxford {{!}} 307 Publications {{!}} 9194 Citations {{!}} Related Authors |url=https://typeset.io/authors/angus-i-kirkland-3y9wppn0e0 |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=SciSpace - Author |language=en}}
Early life and education
Kirkland completed a Master of Arts in Natural Sciences, and a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge in 1989.{{Cite web |title=Angus Kirkland - - Diamond Light Source |url=https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Instruments/Imaging-and-Microscopy/ePSIC/The-ePSIC-Team/Angus-Kirkland.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www.diamond.ac.uk}}{{Cite web |title=Science Director - Professor Angus Kirkland |url=https://www.rfi.ac.uk/people/professor-angus-kirkland/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Rosalind Franklin Institute |language=en-GB}}
Research and career
Kirkland continued at Cavendish Laboratory as post-doctoral fellow until he became Senior Research Associate. He was later elected the Ramsay Memorial Trust Research Fellow.
He then moved to the Department of Materials, University of Oxford where he has led Oxford Electron Image Analysis Group since 2003.{{Cite web |title=Oxford Electron Image Analysis Group - Oxford Electron Image Analysis Group |url=http://www-eia.materials.ox.ac.uk/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www-eia.materials.ox.ac.uk}} He was appointed as professor in 2005, and became the JEOL Professor of Electron Microscopy in 2011.{{Cite web |title=Lab profile: Angus Kirkland, University of Oxford |url=https://www.materialstoday.com/lab-profile-angus-kirkland-university-of-oxford/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Materials Today}} He was the co-director of the University of Oxford’s David Cockayne Centre.{{Cite web |title=Oxford Electron Image Analysis Group - Professor Angus Kirkland |url=http://www-eia.materials.ox.ac.uk/people/kirkland.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www-eia.materials.ox.ac.uk |language=en}}
Kirkland research focuses on developing new quantitative techniques for ultra high-resolution electron microscopy, and new imaging detectors. His research also include developing analysis and simulation.{{Cite web |last=|title=Prof Angus Kirkland |url=https://www.imagingbiopro.org/people/akirkland |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=The ImagingBioPro Network |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Kirkland, Angus - University of Oxford - Department of Materials |url=https://www.x-mol.com/university/faculty/37312 |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www.x-mol.com}} He researches nanomaterials inorganic oxides structure and surfaces. The development of new detectors, e.g., Transmission Electron Aberration-Corrected Microscope.{{Cite web |title=Speakers |url=http://femms2017.org/speakers.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=femms2017.org}} Angus Kirkland has an illustrious career with publications in Nature{{Cite journal |last1=Fei |first1=Huilong |last2=Dong |first2=Juncai |last3=Feng |first3=Yexin |last4=Allen |first4=Christopher S. |last5=Wan |first5=Chengzhang |last6=Volosskiy |first6=Boris |last7=Li |first7=Mufan |last8=Zhao |first8=Zipeng |last9=Wang |first9=Yiliu |last10=Sun |first10=Hongtao |last11=An |first11=Pengfei |last12=Chen |first12=Wenxing |last13=Guo |first13=Zhiying |last14=Lee |first14=Chain |last15=Chen |first15=Dongliang |date=January 2018 |title=General synthesis and definitive structural identification of MN4C4 single-atom catalysts with tunable electrocatalytic activities |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-017-0008-y |journal=Nature Catalysis |language=en |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=63–72 |doi=10.1038/s41929-017-0008-y |s2cid=103450647 |issn=2520-1158}}{{Cite journal |last1=Robertson |first1=Alex W. |last2=Allen |first2=Christopher S. |last3=Wu |first3=Yimin A. |last4=He |first4=Kuang |last5=Olivier |first5=Jaco |last6=Neethling |first6=Jan |last7=Kirkland |first7=Angus I. |last8=Warner |first8=Jamie H. |date=2012-10-23 |title=Spatial control of defect creation in graphene at the nanoscale |journal=Nature Communications |language=en |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=1144 |doi=10.1038/ncomms2141 |pmid=23093181 |bibcode=2012NatCo...3.1144R |issn=2041-1723|doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal |last1=Peng |first1=Lele |last2=Wei |first2=Ziyang |last3=Wan |first3=Chengzhang |last4=Li |first4=Jing |last5=Chen |first5=Zhuo |last6=Zhu |first6=Dan |last7=Baumann |first7=Daniel |last8=Liu |first8=Haotian |last9=Allen |first9=Christopher S. |last10=Xu |first10=Xiang |last11=Kirkland |first11=Angus I. |last12=Shakir |first12=Imran |last13=Almutairi |first13=Zeyad |last14=Tolbert |first14=Sarah |last15=Dunn |first15=Bruce |date=September 2020 |title=A fundamental look at electrocatalytic sulfur reduction reaction |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-020-0498-x |journal=Nature Catalysis |language=en |volume=3 |issue=9 |pages=762–770 |doi=10.1038/s41929-020-0498-x |s2cid=221381477 |issn=2520-1158}} and Science.{{Cite journal |last1=Meyer |first1=Rüdiger R. |last2=Sloan |first2=Jeremy |last3=Dunin-Borkowski |first3=Rafal E. |last4=Kirkland |first4=Angus I. |last5=Novotny |first5=Miles C. |last6=Bailey |first6=Sam R. |last7=Hutchison |first7=John L. |last8=Green |first8=Malcolm L. H. |date=2000-08-25 |title=Discrete Atom Imaging of One-Dimensional Crystals Formed Within Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.289.5483.1324 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=289 |issue=5483 |pages=1324–1326 |doi=10.1126/science.289.5483.1324 |pmid=10958773 |bibcode=2000Sci...289.1324M |issn=0036-8075}}{{Cite journal |last1=Warner |first1=Jamie H. |last2=Margine |first2=Elena Roxana |last3=Mukai |first3=Masaki |last4=Robertson |first4=Alexander W. |last5=Giustino |first5=Feliciano |last6=Kirkland |first6=Angus I. |date=2012-07-13 |title=Dislocation-Driven Deformations in Graphene |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1217529 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=337 |issue=6091 |pages=209–212 |doi=10.1126/science.1217529 |pmid=22798609 |bibcode=2012Sci...337..209W |s2cid=39088552 |issn=0036-8075}} He led collaborations and grants valued in £million.{{Cite web |title=Angus Kirkland - GTR |url=https://gtr.ukri.org/person/0F646CFA-A0A5-448E-AF95-0DEC673607C3}}{{Cite web |title=Rosalind Franklin Institute invest £1.55m for unique electron microscope |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/840851 |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=EurekAlert! |language=en}}
As of November 2022, he is the Science Director at the Rosalind Franklin Institute{{Cite web |last=Weller |first=Olaf |date=2019-11-13 |title=Exclusive interview with Prof. Angus Kirkland, RFI, UK |url=https://denssolutions.com/interview-with-prof-angus-kirkland-science-director-at-rfi-uk/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=DENSsolutions |language=en-US}} and the electron Physical Science Imaging Centre (ePSIC) at Diamond Light Source. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Ultramicroscopy.{{Cite web |title=Ultramicroscopy {{!}} Journal|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ultramicroscopy |access-date=2022-11-13 |website= ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier |language=en-us}}
Awards and honours
Kirkland is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and the Royal Microscopical Society (FRMS).
Kirkland was awarded the Microscopy Society of America Award for the best paper published (2005).{{Cite web |title=Microscopy Society of America Award for the best paper published (2005) - Google Search |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Microscopy+Society+of+America+Award+for+the+best+paper+published+(2005) |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www.google.com}} In 2015, he was awarded the Harald Rose Distinguished Lecture Prize.{{Cite web |title=Oxford Electron Image Analysis Group - Oxford Electron Image Analysis Group |url=http://www-eia.materials.ox.ac.uk/2015/11/Harald-Rose-Distinguished-Lecture-Award-2015-Angus-Kirkland.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www-eia.materials.ox.ac.uk}} He also received the RMS Alan Agar Medal in 2017.{{Cite web |last=Labmate |first=International |title=Royal Microscopical Society Medal Series - Winners Announced |url=https://www.labmate-online.com/news/news-and-views/5/royal-microscopical-society/royal-microscopical-society-medal-series-winners-announced/39940 |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Labmate Online |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Mel |title=Alan Agar Award for Electron Microscopy |url=https://www.rms.org.uk/opportunities/competitions-awards/rms-section-awards/alan-agar-award-for-electron-microscopy.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www.rms.org.uk}}
In 2012, Kirkland was appointed as an Honorary Professor at the centre of HRTEM, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.{{Cite web |title=VISITOR SNAPSHOT: Professor Angus Kirkland (Oxford University, United Kingdom) and Professor Peter van Aken (Max Planck Institute, Germany) both Honorary Professors at the Nelson Mandela University visited the Centre for HRTEM for a specialist lecture series. |url=https://twitter.com/centrefor_hrtem/status/1068419023585579008 |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Twitter |language=en}}
Selected publications
- Huilong Fei, Juncai Dong, Yexin Feng, Christopher S. Allen, Chengzhang Wan, Boris Volosskiy, Mufan Li, Zipeng Zhao, Yiliu Wang, Hongtao Sun, Pengfei An, Wenxing Chen, Zhiying Guo, Chain Lee, Dongliang Chen, Imran Shakir, Mingjie Liu, Tiandou Hu, Yadong Li, Angus I. Kirkland, Xiangfeng Duan, Yu Huang (2018-01). [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-017-0008-y General synthesis and definitive structural identification of MN4C4 single-atom catalysts with tunable electrocatalytic activities]. Nature Catalysis. 1 (1): 63–72. doi:10.1038/s41929-017-0008-y. ISSN 2520-1158.
- Alex W. Robertson, Christopher S. Allen, Yimin A. Wu, Kuang He, Jaco Olivier, Jan Neethling, Angus I. Kirkland, Jamie H. Warner (2012-10-23). [https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2141 Spatial control of defect creation in graphene at the nanoscale]. Nature Communications. 3 (1): 1144. doi:10.1038/ncomms2141. ISSN 2041-1723.
- Lele Peng, Ziyang Wei, Chengzhang Wan, Jing Li, Zhuo Chen, Dan Zhu, Daniel Baumann, Haotian Liu, Christopher S. Allen, Xiang Xu, Angus I. Kirkland, Imran Shakir, Zeyad Almutairi, Sarah Tolbert, Bruce Dunn, Yu Huang, Philippe Sautet, Xiangfeng Duan (2020-09). [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-020-0498-x A fundamental look at electrocatalytic sulfur reduction reaction]. Nature Catalysis. 3 (9): 762–770. doi:10.1038/s41929-020-0498-x. ISSN 2520-1158.
- Meyer, Rüdiger R.; Sloan, Jeremy; Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal E.; Kirkland, Angus I.; Novotny, Miles C.; Bailey, Sam R.; Hutchison, John L.; Green, Malcolm L. H. (2000-08-25). [https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.289.5483.1324 Discrete Atom Imaging of One-Dimensional Crystals Formed Within Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.] Science. 289 (5483): 1324–1326. doi:10.1126/science.289.5483.1324. ISSN 0036-8075.
- Warner, Jamie H.; Margine, Elena Roxana; Mukai, Masaki; Robertson, Alexander W.; Giustino, Feliciano; Kirkland, Angus I. (2012-07-13). [https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1217529 Dislocation-Driven Deformations in Graphene]. Science. 337 (6091): 209–212. doi:10.1126/science.1217529. ISSN 0036-8075.
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