BOTTON, Gianluigi - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University
Professor Gianluigi Botton is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking research on the fundamental aspects of solid materials using electron microscopy; he pioneered the acquisition of spectra from individual atoms in oxides and inter-metallic compounds, and critically advanced the study of plasmonics in metals. He championed and presided over the development of Canada’s National Centre for Electron Microscopy, now considered amongst the most successful such facilities worldwide.