Andrew D. Taylor

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Andrew Dawson Taylor

FRSE FInstP[4] (born 1950[2]) was director of the Science and Technology Facilities Council National Laboratories[5] – Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,[6][1] Daresbury Laboratory, and the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh[4][7] until his retirement in 2019.[8]

Education

Taylor was educated at

inelastic neutron scattering.[9]

Career and research

Taylor's research interests are in neutron science, neutron sources[7] and neutron scattering,[5][3] he is recognised as an international leader in the development of large-scale research facilities and their infrastructures.[4]

Awards and honours

Taylor was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in 2006.[13] He was awarded the Richard Glazebrook Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics
in 2006.

References

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    ISSN 1369-7021
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    doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U247102. (Subscription or UK public library membership
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  3. ^ a b c Gribben, Roland (13 May 2009). "Andrew Taylor profile: Neutron man grapples with the invisibles". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Anon (2019). "Dr Andrew Taylor OBE FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

    "All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License." --Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-11-11)
  5. ^ a b Andrew D. Taylor publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  6. ISSN 0168-9002
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    S2CID 42506679
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  8. ^ https://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/New-Year-Honour-for-Dr-Andrew-Taylor.aspx
  9. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.474621
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  10. ^ Anon (2015). "Royal Society Elections". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015.
  11. ^ Anon (2019). "STFC director honoured by the Royal Society". stfc.ukri.org. Science and Technology Facilities Council.
  12. ^ "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N10.
  13. ^ Anon (2006). "Dr Andrew Dawson Taylor OBE, FRS, FRSE". rse.org.uk. Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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