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A UNIVERSITY academic has been appointed a dame (DBE) in the New Year’s Honours for services to chemical sciences and technology.
Pratibha Gai is a professor of electron microscopy in the departments of chemistry and physics at the University of York, and the founding co-director of York’s JEOL Nanocentre.
She studies dynamic atomic processes in reacting solids during chemical reactions.
Professor Gai’s research includes the development of new nanomaterials and chemical processes for use in energy, healthcare, chemicals and food coatings.
She is a pioneer in advanced electron microscopy to analyse gas-catalyst reactions which are at the heart of industrial processes including pollution control.
These chemical processes and electron microscopy inventions are used worldwide.
New Year's Honours: University professor awarded damehood | The Northern Echo
Inspired in early life by the renowned physicist-chemist Marie Cure, Gai’s patented inventions are in the fields of hydrocarbon catalysis/polymers, energy sources, electronic ceramics, Piezoelectrics and nanocoatings for polymers and food.
She created the atomic-resolution environmental transmission electron microscope and is considered an outspoken advocate for women with careers in science. She has over 300 refereed scientific papers in leading journals and nine co-authored and edited books and journal issues.
Top royal honour for Indian-origin scientist Pratibha Gai
Some women talk about it. Some women just do it.
Pratibha Gai is a professor of electron microscopy in the departments of chemistry and physics at the University of York, and the founding co-director of York’s JEOL Nanocentre.
She studies dynamic atomic processes in reacting solids during chemical reactions.
Professor Gai’s research includes the development of new nanomaterials and chemical processes for use in energy, healthcare, chemicals and food coatings.
She is a pioneer in advanced electron microscopy to analyse gas-catalyst reactions which are at the heart of industrial processes including pollution control.
These chemical processes and electron microscopy inventions are used worldwide.
New Year's Honours: University professor awarded damehood | The Northern Echo
Inspired in early life by the renowned physicist-chemist Marie Cure, Gai’s patented inventions are in the fields of hydrocarbon catalysis/polymers, energy sources, electronic ceramics, Piezoelectrics and nanocoatings for polymers and food.
She created the atomic-resolution environmental transmission electron microscope and is considered an outspoken advocate for women with careers in science. She has over 300 refereed scientific papers in leading journals and nine co-authored and edited books and journal issues.
Top royal honour for Indian-origin scientist Pratibha Gai
Some women talk about it. Some women just do it.
