Professor A. L. Greer, the University of Cambridge, the recipient of 2008 Lee Hsun Lecture Series, the member of the International Advisory Committee of the SYNL, visited Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, from 9 to 14, July. 2009.

During his visit, Prof. ke Lu, Director of IMR, and Prof. Rui Yang, Deputy Director of IMR, had a friendly meeting with Professor Greer, respectively, and introduced to him on the research activities of the institute. Professor Greer was invited to deliver a lecture on the topic of “The Glassy State—Novel Properties and Applications Exploiting Non-Crystallinity”. Then, he held discussions with scientists and graduate students of the SYNL.

Lindsay Greer is Professor of Materials Science, and Head of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy of the University of Cambridge. He received his PhD in Metallurgy & Materials Science from the University of Cambridge in 1979. He was a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow and then Assistant Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard University from 1980 to 1984. He joined the University of Cambridge in 1984. Lindsay edits Philosophical Magazine. Among his research interests, a central theme has been solidification, with a focus on crystal nucleation. His research on grain refinement of aluminium alloys has been supported by London & Scandinavian Metallurgical Co Ltd, Alcan and Pechiney, and has gained the TMS Light Metals Award (1998), the TMS Cast Shop Technology Award (1999) and the Institute of Materials Cook-Ablett Award (2000). Lindsay has published 8 edited proceedings, 8 book chapters and approximately 300 papers.