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Dr. Alan Brown
Expertise in: Surface Analysis
Director of Development
Alan has over twenty-five years of experience in the application of surface analysis techniques to materials characterization and research-based problem solving.

Graduating from the University of Manchester in 1982 with a PhD in Surface Science, he was involved in the early pioneering development of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) techniques and their application to a broad range of technological areas including semiconductor devices, polymers, pharmaceuticals, fibres and composites.
Alan has an international reputation in surface analysis and has published over 80 papers and two reference books.