Andrew Briggs

Andrew Briggs
Andrew Briggs, Pokhara, 2011
Born	George Andrew Davidson Briggs (1950-06-03) 3 June 1950 (age 67) Dorchester, Dorset, England
Residence	United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Alma mater	St. Catherine’s College, Oxford* Queens’ College, Cambridge
Known for	Acoustic Microscopy* Quantum Nanomaterials
Spouse(s)	Diana née Johnson (m. 1981)
Children	Felicity (b. 1983)* Elizabeth (b. 1985)
Awards	Holliday Prize * Buehler Technical Paper Merit Award for Excellence * Metrology for World Class Manufacturing Award * Honorary Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society
Scientific career
Fields	Materials Science
Institutions	University of Oxford* University of Cambridge* Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Doctoral advisor	David Tabor
Website	www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/briggs.html

George Andrew Davidson Briggs (born 1950) (known as Andrew Briggs) is a British scientist.

He is Professor of Nanomaterials in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. He is best known for his early work in acoustic microscopy and his current work in materials for quantum technologies.

He was born in Dorchester, Dorset, son of David Briggs, a classics teacher at Bryanston School Dorset, and later headmaster of King’s College School Cambridge, and Mary (née Lormer), whose former maths pupils include Sir Timothy Gowers and Sir Andrew Wiles.

He was educated at the Leys School Cambridge, he studied physics at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, from 1968-1971 as the Clothworkers’ Scholar. From 1973-1976 he undertook research for a Ph.D. at the Cavendish Laboratory. From 1976-1979 he studied Theology at Ridley Hall and Queens’ College, Cambridge, where he won the Chase Prize for Greek.

From 1971-1973, after graduating from his first degree he taught Physics and Religious Education at Canford School, Dorset. In 1979 he was a Research Assistant in the Engineering Department at Cambridge University. In 1980 moved to Oxford as a Research Fellow in the Department of Metallurgy and from 1981 Lecturer in Physics at St Catherine’s College. In 1984 he was appointed Lecturer in Metallurgy and Science of Materials at the University of Oxford, in 1996 Reader in Materials, and in 1999 Professor of Materials.