Alan Turnbull
National Physical Laboratory UK
Alan is a Senior NPL Fellow. He is expert in environment-induced cracking of metals, localised corrosion, and modelling of corrosion processes. Alan's work has also led to the establishment of new areas of science at NPL, including fuel cell research, excitonic photovoltaics, and nanoscale electrochemistry and catalysis.Since joining NPL in 1973, Alan has produced over 250 publications and has been the principal author of 12 international standards. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Honor Fellow of NACE, and Fellow of the Institute of Corrosion. He is a recipient of: the T P Hoar Award (twice) and the U R Evans Award from the Institute of Corrosion; a Technical Achievement Award from NACE International; the Cavallaro Medal from the European Federation of Corrosion; the Whitney Award from NACE International; and the Alex Hough-Grassby Award from the Institute of Measurement and Control. In 2018 he received the Guy Bengough Award from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) for his paper on “Characterising the early stages of crack development in environment-assisted cracking”.Alan was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2011 and Fellow of the Royal Society in 2013. In 2016, he was awarded the OBE for services to science and industry.
