Mark Welland
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Prof. '''Mark E. Welland''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] [[FREng]] is the head of The Nanoscience Centre at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]]. He started his career in [[nanotechnology]] at [[IBM Research]], [[Yorktown Heights]], [[United States|U.S.]], where he was part of the team that developed one of the first [[scanning tunneling microscope]]s.
Upon moving to Cambridge in [[1985]] he set up the first tunneling microscopy group in the UK in collaboration with Prof. [[John Pethica]]. Currently the Nanoscale Science Laboratory at Cambridge researches into a number of aspects of nanotechnology ranging from sensors for medical applications to understanding and controlling the properties of nanoscale structures and devices.
In a recent award by the [[UK Research Councils]] Prof. Welland has been made Director of an Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration in nanotechnology that, along with a purpose-built facility, represents an investment of $28 million for nanotechnology research at Cambridge. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the [[Institute of Physics]] journal ''Nanotechnology'', established in [[1990]], and, along with many other contributions at an
International level, co-chairs the recently established Co-operative Research Initiative in Nanotechnology (CORINT) between the UK and [[Japan]] with Prof. [[Hiroyuki Sakaki]] of the [[University of Tokyo]]. In [[2002]] his contributions to nanotechnology research were recognised through his election to Fellowships of the [[Royal Society]] and [[Royal Academy of Engineering]].
He is also on the advisory board of Seraphima Ventures - a venture capital firm focusing mainly on nanotechnology startup companies.
In April 2008 he was appointed [[MoD Chief Scientific Adviser|Chief Scientific Adviser]] (CSA) to the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref>[http://www.mod.uk/defenceinternet/defencenews/defencepolicyandbusiness/newchiefscientificadviseratthemod.htm New Chief Scientific Adviser at the MOD], MoD [[Press Release]], 3 April 2008.</ref>
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