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C. Barry Carter is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. He is also a CINT Distinguished Affiliate Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories. Carter's research areas include TEM and Atomic-Force microscopy.

Expertise

• Transmission electron microscopy
• Ceramic materials
• Defects, especially dislocations and grain boundaries, in crystalline materials (metals, ceramics and semiconductors) and nanomaterials

Education

BA, Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge

Awards

• Henry Clifton Sorby Award, International Metallographic Society (IMS), 2021
• Honorary Fellow, Royal Microscopical Society (2019)
• Outstanding Educator Award, American Ceramic Society (ACerS), 2014
• JSPS Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2014
• MSA Distinguished Physical Scientist, 2013
• Elected Fellow:
  • Microanalysis Society (MAS), 2018
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011
  • Materials Research Society (MRS), 2009
  • Microscopy Society of America (MSA), 2009
  • Royal Microscopical Society (RMS), 1996
  • American Ceramic Society (ACerS), 1995
• Elected Member, Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) 2010. Now an Emeritus Member
• Visiting Fellow, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge 2005
• Roland B. Snow Award, (ACerS) — 1989, 1993, 1995, 2000–2002
• Alexander von Humboldt Senior Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1997
• Bernd Matthias Scholar, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1997-1998
• Guggenheim Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1985

Service

• Chair, MRS Awards Committee (2012-2014)
• President, International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (2011-2014)
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Materials Science (2004-2024)
• Editor, Microscopy & Microanalysis (2000-2003)
• President, Microscopy Society of America (1997)
• Editor, Journal of Microscopy (1996-1999)