Alexander Bradshaw

Alexander Marian Bradshaw CBE, FRS, HonFInstP (12 July 1944 – 10 October 2024) was a British physicist. He was scientific director of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, from 1999 to 2008.^[1]

Alexander Bradshaw CBE FRS HonFInstP
Bradshaw photographed by Oliver Mark in the ASDEX Upgrade, 2006
Born	(1944-06-12)12 June 1944 Bushey, Hertfordshire, England
Died	10 October 2024(2024-10-10) (aged 80) Berlin, Germany
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of London Technical University Munich
Awards	Federal Cross of Merit (Germany)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Website	Max-Planck Institute

Bradshaw earned a PhD from University of London in 1969, and habilitation from Technical University Munich in 1974.^[2] He is also notable for his work with D. Phil Woodruff, on photoelectron diffraction.^[3]

Bradshaw died in Berlin on 10 October 2024, at the age of 80.^[4][5]