article_title name birth_date employer education birth_name occupation alma_mater
colin humphreys
 colin humphreys 24 may 1941 cambridge university ph.d. -lrb- cambridge -rrb- , m.a. -lrb- oxford -rrb- colin john humphreys goldsmiths ' professor of materials science imperial college -lrb- b.sc. , physics -rrb-
colin humphreys

sir colin john humphreys , cbe freng -lrb- born 24 may 1941 -rrb- is a british physicist .
he is the former goldsmiths ' professor of materials science and a current director of research at cambridge university , professor of experimental physics at the royal institution in london and a fellow of selwyn college , cambridge .
he was president of the institute of materials , minerals and mining in 2002 and 2003 .
his research interests include `` all aspects of electron microscopy and analysis , semiconductors -lrb- particularly gallium nitride -rrb- , ultra-high temperature aerospace materials and superconductors . ''
humphreys also `` studies the bible when not pursuing his day-job as a materials scientist . ''
