Dr. Richard G. Forbes
Biography
Richard Forbes studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received a Tripos Prize, a Senior Scholarship and a Research Scholarship. After a first degree in Physics (Theoretical Option), he did PhD research in the Dept of Metallurgy and Materials Science in Cambridge, initially with Sir Alan Cottrell, FRS, as supervisor. He did postdoctoral work at Aston University, subsequently becoming a Lecturer in Physics. He moved to Surrey University in 1983, and retired as Reader in Applied Electrophysics. He continues to be active in research, as a Visiting Reader.
Dr Forbes is well known internationally for work in high-electric-field nanoscience and in field emission, for which he was awarded a DSc in 1983. He has co-authored one book, written four book chapters, has published about 150 papers, and has made around 450 other scientific presentations. He was President of the International Field Emission Society from 1996 to 2000, and from 2002 to 2006, and has recently been elected one of the Inaugural Fellows of the Society. He is a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. He also holds British and European professional engineer qualifications.