Alec Broers, Baron Broers

Alec Nigel Broers, Baron Broers, FRS FMedSci FREng[1] (born 17 September 1938) is a British electrical engineer.[2][3]


The Lord Broers
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Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Cambridge
In office
1996-2003
ChancellorHRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Preceded byDavid Glyndwr Tudor Williams
Succeeded byAlison Richard
Personal details
Born (1938-09-17) 17 September 1938 (age 85)
Calcutta, India
Alma materGeelong Grammar School
Melbourne University
University of Cambridge

In September 2008, Lord Broers took over from Sir David Cooksey as chairman of the board of directors at the Diamond Light Source, the United Kingdom's largest new scientific facility for 45 years.

References

  1. "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  2. Voss, R. F.; Laibowitz, R. B.; Broers, A. N. (1980). "Niobium nanobridge dc SQUID". Applied Physics Letters. 37 (7): 656. doi:10.1063/1.92026.
  3. Broers, A. N. (1981). "Resolution, overlay, and field size for lithography systems". IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 28 (11): 1268–1278. doi:10.1109/T-ED.1981.20599. S2CID 47505859.