Person

Moodie, Alexander Forbes (1923 - 2018)

Born
6 August 1923
Scotland
Died
2018
Occupation
Crystallographer

Summary

Alexander Forbes Moodie was Chief Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics in Victoria from 1948. As a pioneer of electron diffraction, Moodie played a vital role in the theoretical and experimental developments that revolutionised the fields of electron diffraction and microscopy of crystals. He made important contributions to the initial formulation of a complete n-bean theory of electron diffraction and the computing methods permitting its application to practical problems in solid-state physics and chemistry. Moodie was the first ever recipient (co-winner) of the Ewald Prize from the International Union of Applied Crystallography. The prize was awarded to Moodie because of his "outstanding achievements in electron diffraction and microscopy, especially for their fundamental contributions to the theory and technique of direct imaging of crystal structures and structure defects by high resolution electron microscopy".

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1948 -
Career position - Chief Research Scientist at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Chemical Physics, Victoria
1948
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at St Andrews University, Scotland
1970 - 1979
Career position - Member, National Committee for Crystallography, Australian Academy of Science
1973 - 2018
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
1979 - 1983
Career position - Chairman, National Committee for Crystallography, Australian Academy of Science
1988
Award - Ewald Prize received from the International Union of Applied Crystallography

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