A UNIVERSITY of York scientist has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Professor Pratibha Gai, Chair of Electron Microscopy, is one of 59 new Fellows.

She is head of the York JEOL Nanocentre, a major long-term collaboration between the University’s Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Electronics, the European Union, Yorkshire Forward and leading electron optics manufacturer JEOL.

Professor Gai said: “It is humbling that my work has been recognised by my academic colleagues.”