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John Pethica

British physicist · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Born 1953 · age 73

Sir John Bernard Pethica is a British chemist and Science Foundation Ireland (S.F.I.) professor of material science at Trinity College, Dublin, Chief Scientific Advisor at the UK's National Physical Laboratory, and a visiting professor at Oxford University.

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Awards

Holweck Prize2002
Hughes Medal2001
Fellow of the Royal Society
Knight Bachelor

About this person

Pethica is most noted for his work on the development of nanoindentation and atom resolution atomic force microscopy.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1953 · age 73