Paul Midgley

Midgley was educated at the University of Bristol where he was awarded a Master of Science degree in 1988{{cite thesis |degree=MSc |first=Paul Anthony|last=Midgley |title=Characterisation of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductor |publisher=University of Bristol |year=1988 |url=http://pmt-eu.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?doc=44BU_LMS_DS000500711&vid=44BU_VU1}} and a PhD in 1991{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Paul Anthony|last=Midgley |title=Electron microscopy of high Tc superconductors and related oxides |publisher=University of Bristol |year=1991 |url=http://pmt-eu.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?doc=44BU_LMS_DS000515176&vid=44BU_VU1}} for work on electron microscopy of high-temperature superconductors.

Before moving to Cambridge in 1997, Midgley held two postdoctoral research fellowships in the Henry Herbert Wills Physics Laboratory at the University of Bristol.

Midgley's research interests are in electron tomography, electron holography, energy-filtered imaging and ab initio structure determination by electron diffraction.{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1016/S0304-3991(03)00105-0| title = 3D electron microscopy in the physical sciences: The development of Z-contrast and EFTEM tomography| journal = Ultramicroscopy| volume = 96| issue = 3–4| pages = 413–31| year = 2003| last1 = Midgley | first1 = P. A. | authorlink = Paul Midgley| last2 = Weyland | first2 = M. | pmid=12871805}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1016/0304-3991(94)90039-6| title = Double conical beam-rocking system for measurement of integrated electron diffraction intensities| journal = Ultramicroscopy| volume = 53| issue = 3| pages = 271–282| year = 1994| last1 = Vincent | first1 = R.| last2 = Midgley | first2 = P. A. }}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1021/jp072243k| title = Structure-Activity Relationship in Nanostructured Copper-Ceria-Based Preferential CO Oxidation Catalysts| journal = Journal of Physical Chemistry C| volume = 111| issue = 29| pages = 11026–11038| year = 2007| last1 = Gamarra | first1 = D.| last2 = Munuera | first2 = G.| last3 = Hungria | first3 = A. B. | last4 = Fernandez-Garcia | first4 = M.| last5 = Conesa | first5 = J. C. | last6 = Midgley | first6 = P. A. | last7 = Wang | first7 = X. Q. | last8 = Hanson | first8 = J. C. | last9 = Rodriguez | first9 = J. A. | last10 = Martinez-Arias | first10 = A.}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1039/b701569k| pmid = 17660880| title = Nanotomography in the chemical, biological and materials sciences| journal = Chemical Society Reviews| volume = 36| issue = 9| pages = 1477–94| year = 2007| last1 = Midgley | first1 = P. A. | last2 = Ward | first2 = E. P. W. | last3 = Hungría | first3 = A. B. | last4 = Thomas | first4 = J. M. }} During his research, Midgley has collaborated with Mark Welland,{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/nnano.2007.347| title = Direct imaging of single-walled carbon nanotubes in cells| journal = Nature Nanotechnology| volume = 2| issue = 11| pages = 713–7| year = 2007| last1 = Porter | first1 = A. E. | last2 = Gass | first2 = M. | last3 = Muller | first3 = K. | last4 = Skepper | first4 = J. N. | last5 = Midgley | first5 = P. A. | authorlink5 = Paul Midgley| last6 = Welland | first6 = M. | authorlink6 = Mark Welland | pmid=18654411| bibcode = 2007NatNa...2..713P}} Rafal Dunin-Borkowski,{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/nmat2406| title = Electron tomography and holography in materials science| journal = Nature Materials| volume = 8| issue = 4| pages = 271–80| year = 2009| last1 = Midgley | first1 = P. A. | authorlink1 = Paul Midgley| last2 = Dunin-Borkowski | first2 = R. E. | authorlink2 = Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski | pmid=19308086| bibcode = 2009NatMa...8..271M}} Neil Mathur,{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/nature01299| pmid = 12490944| title = Charge-ordered ferromagnetic phase in La_0.5Ca_0.5MnO₃| journal = Nature| volume = 420| issue = 6917| pages = 797–800| year = 2002| last1 = Loudon | first1 = J. C. | last2 = Mathur | first2 = N. D. | authorlink2 = Neil D. Mathur| last3 = Midgley | first3 = P. A.| authorlink3 = Paul Midgley | arxiv = cond-mat/0209436| bibcode = 2002Natur.420..797L| s2cid = 4382641}} John Meurig Thomas,{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1039/B101819C| title = Z-Contrast tomography: A technique in three-dimensional nanostructural analysis based on Rutherford scattering| journal = Chemical Communications| issue = 10| pages = 907–908| year = 2001| last1 = Midgley | first1 = P. A. | authorlink1 = Paul Midgley| last2 = Weyland | first2 = M. | last3 = Thomas | first3 = J. M. | authorlink3 = John Meurig Thomas| last4 = Johnson | first4 = B. F. G. | authorlink4 = Brian F. G. Johnson}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1021/ar990017q| pmid = 12534301| title = High-Performance Nanocatalysts for Single-Step Hydrogenations| journal = Accounts of Chemical Research| volume = 36| issue = 1| pages = 20–30| year = 2003| last1 = Thomas | first1 = J. M. | last2 = Johnson | first2 = B. F. G. | authorlink2 = Brian F. G. Johnson| last3 = Raja | first3 = R. | last4 = Sankar | first4 = G. | last5 = Midgley | first5 = P. A. | authorlink5 = Paul Midgley}} Brian F. G. Johnson and Henning Sirringhaus.{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/nmat3710| title = Measurement of molecular motion in organic semiconductors by thermal diffuse electron scattering| journal = Nature Materials| volume = 12| issue = 11| pages = 1045–1049| year = 2013| last1 = Eggeman | first1 = A. S. | last2 = Illig | first2 = S. | last3 = Troisi | first3 = A. | last4 = Sirringhaus | first4 = H. | authorlink4 = Henning Sirringhaus| last5 = Midgley | first5 = P. A. | authorlink5 = Paul Midgley | pmid=23892786| bibcode = 2013NatMa..12.1045E| url = https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/245747}}

Midgley's research has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC),[http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/person/CAE82FDC-6A43-4806-B886-B1F9887715EF UK Government research grants awarded to Paul Midgley], via Research Councils UK the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 and the Royal Society.[http://www-hrem.msm.cam.ac.uk/people/midgley/ Professor Paul A. Midgley], University of Cambridge

Midgley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2014. His nomination reads: {{centred pull quote|Midgley is distinguished for many innovations and impressive applications of transmission microscopy, diffraction and spectroscopy, particularly the pioneering development of sub-nanometre-scale electron tomography. His combination of high-angle dark field tomography and spectroscopy revolutionises the 3-d characterisation of materials and heterogeneous catalysts. He has successfully mapped dislocation networks with diffraction contrast tomography. With his world leading position in medium resolution electron holography, he has been able to combine this with tomography in 3-d mapping of electric fields and dopant distributions in semiconductor devices. His brilliant applications of electron diffraction to sub-micron structures, heavy fermion systems and mixed-valent manganites were important breakthroughs.{{cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/fellowship/2014/paul-midgley/ |title = Professor Paul Midgley FRS |publisher=The Royal Society |archive-date=2014-11-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111095655/https://royalsociety.org/people/fellowship/2014/paul-midgley/ |location=London}}}}

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