David Cockayne


David John Hugh Cockayne FRS FInstP was Professor in the physical examination of materials in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford and professorial fellow at Linacre College from 2000 to 2009. He was the president of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy from 2003 till 2007, then vice-president 2007 to 2010.

Career and research

Cockayne was an electron microscopist who played an important role in the development of weak-beam transmission electron microscopy, and in the application of high resolution TEM to diamond, fullerenes and semiconductors.

Education

Cockayne was educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1970 for research into crystal lattices using electron microscopy.

Awards and honours

Cockayne was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1997 and the Institute of Physics. His certificate of election to the Royal Society reads:
He won the 2008 Harrie Massey Medal and Prize.