George Sawatzky

Director, Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

Dr. Sawatzky is a Fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and of the Royal Society of Canada. He has served as Director, Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory at the University of British Columbia; Professor of Physics, University of Groningen; member, Dutch Forum for Technology and Science and member, Facility advisory committee Canadian Light Source. Dr. Sawatzky has received numerous awards including the Dutch Spinoza Prize. He is a Knight of the Dutch Lion.