Joseph L. Keddie

After graduating from Cornell University (USA), Joe Keddie spent two years as a post-doctoral researcher in the Polymer & Colloids Group at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge followed by one year as an Oppenheimer Fellow. At Cambridge he used ellipsometry and environmental-SEM to study polymer colloids and thin films. In 1995 Joe moved to the University of Surrey as a Foundation Fund lecturer. Throughout his time at Surrey he has carried out research on soft matter, with special interest in polymer colloids. In recognition of his contributions to the understanding of polymer dynamics of polymers in thin films and colloidal dispersions, he was awarded the 2001 Paterson Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics and named a Fellow. His research group won two Roon Awards from the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology for papers presented at their Annual Meeting. In 2006 he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society by his alma mater, Alfred University. A co-author of >75 journal articles and book chapters, he also holds two US patents.