Professor J.Th.M. De Hosson

Professor Jeff De Hosson of the Department of Applied Physics, University of Groningen (born 27th May 1950).

After his PhD in applied physics (thesis: Atomic configurations and electronic structures of dislocations, with highest distinction cum laude, thesis supervisor. Prof.dr.ir. A. Wegener Sleeswyk) of the University of Groningen and his postdoctoral years in USA, Chicago and UC-Berkeley, he was appointed professor in applied physics by the Crown, ‘Koninklijk Besluit 101’ 6th October, 1977 at the University of Groningen.

His research focuses on electron microscopy, dislocation dynamics, and interface science related to surface engineering. He published more than 800 scientific publications, a/o. 32 chapters in books, edited 12 books and so far he supervised 69 PhDs and 316 master students. His scientific responsibilities include numerous editorships of international scientific journals, a/o principal editor of the J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, associate editor Acta Materialia/Scripta Materialia and member of the board of Governors of Acta Materialia Inc, USA, editorial boards Encyclopedia Nano Science and Nanotechnology,Current NanoScience, Surface Coating & technology; Surface Engineering, Interface Science, Computational Materials Science, Materials Science Forum, Microstructure and Materials Properties, High temperature materials and processes..

In 1998 he was elected honorary member of the Applied Physics student association T.F.V. ‘Professor Francken’.

He is elected member of the “The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities”, of the “Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences” (KNAW) division physics and vice -chairman of the council Physics and Astronomy of the KNAW. In 2002 he was elected Fellow of the American Society for Metals (FASM), followed by the Acta Materialia Inc award in 2003. In 2004 he became Fellow of the Wessex Institute of Great Britain. In 2005 he received the Eminent Scientist Medal of Wessex Institute of Great Britain/University of Southampton and the European Materials Gold Medal of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS). He is acting chairman of the division Applied Sciences of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, division physics/ afdeling natuurkunde), 2006-present. In 2008 he became elected Fellow International Society Nanoscience and Nanotechnolgy, and received the Nanostructured Materials Award, NanoSmatPrize as well as the prestigious TMS -Triple M (Materials Metals Minerals) Society USA Fellow Award in 2009. In 2010 he was the recipient of the Lee Hsun award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shenyang) and the China Distinguished Materials Scientists Forum Award (Beijing). He holds Honorary Guest Professorships at Tsinghua University (Beijing-China), the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (South Africa) and the University of Science and Technology, Beijing-China.