Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski

Rafal Edward Dunin-Borkowski HonFRMS (born 3 August 1969) is a British experimental physicist. He is currently Director of the Institute for Microstructure Research (PGI-5) and the Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C) in Forschungszentrum Jülich and Professor of Experimental Physics in RWTH Aachen University.

Education
Rafal Dunin-Borkowski was educated at the University of Cambridge where he was awarded a PhD in 1994 for research into semiconductors.

Research
His research involves the development of quantitative techniques in electron microscopy and has recently focused on the use of off-axis electron holography to study magnetic and electrostatic fields in nanoscale materials, thin films and devices.

Awards and honours

 * Honorary Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society 2023.
 * European Research Council Synergy Grant 2019, jointly with S Blügel, M Kläui and T Rasing.
 * Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America 2015.
 * European Research Council Advanced Grant 2012.
 * Ernst Ruska Prize 2009, jointly with M R McCartney and T Kasama.
 * Royal Society University Research Fellowship 2000.
 * Several awards for Science as Art.

Family

 * His maternal grandfather was Stefan Soboniewski.
 * His paternal grandfather was Sławomir Dunin-Borkowski.
 * His first cousin once removed is Marek Trombski.