Michael Bedzyk
{{Short description|American physicist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Michael J. Bedzyk
| image =
| field = physics
| work_institution = Northwestern University
| known_for = x-ray physicist
developing the understanding of X-ray standing waves
| prizes = Bertram Eugene Warren Diffraction Physics Award, American Crystallographic Association (1994)
Fellow of American Physical Society (1998)
Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012)
}}
Michael J. Bedzyk is an x-ray physicist, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University.
Biography
His research program includes the development of novel X-ray probes and the characterization of surface, interface, and thin-film structures with atomic resolution. He conducts experiments using both in-house and synchrotron X-ray facilities. The latter have greatly enhanced chemical and structural sensitivity for studying systems as dilute as one-hundredth of an atomic monolayer.
He also developed a number of methods for generating X-ray standing waves with differing characteristic length scales. He uses these periodic X-ray probes to pinpoint the lattice location of adsorbate atoms on crystalline surfaces, to measure strain within epitaxially grown semiconductor and ferroelectric thin films, and to locate heavy atoms within ordered ultrathin organic films.
Awards and significant honors
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012{{cite news |title=AAAS Members Elected as Fellows |url=https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-members-elected-fellows-2 |access-date=7 August 2023 |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science |date=23 December 2011}}
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1998{{cite news |title=APS fellow archive |url=https://aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=B&year=&unit_id=&institution= |access-date=7 August 2023 |publisher=American Physical Society}}
Bertram Eugene Warren Diffraction Physics Award, American Crystallographic Association, 1994{{cite journal |title=Crystallographers |journal=J Appl Crystallogr |date=1994 |issue=27 |page=862 |url=https://journals.iucr.org/j/issues/1994/05/00/a28020/a28020.pdf}}
Education
Bedzyk received his bachelor's, M.S., and PhD degrees all from State University of New York at Albany. His PhD thesis was titled "X-ray standing wave analysis for bromine chemisorbed on silicon."{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10510923|title=X-ray standing wave analysis for bromine chemisorbed on silicon|first=Michael J|last=Bedzyk|date=July 29, 1982|oclc=10510923 |via=Open WorldCat}}
References
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- [http://matsci.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/profiles/michael-j-bedzyk.html Michael Bedzyk's Faculty Page]
- [http://bedzyk.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research.html Bedzyk Research Group]
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Category:21st-century American physicists
Category:Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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