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188  CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES



                               Paul W. May























                               Born in London, Paul May grew up in Redditch, Worcestershire. He went
                               on to study at Bristol University, where he graduated with a first class
                               honours in chemistry in 1985. He then joined GEC Hirst Research Centre
                               in Wembley where he worked on semiconductor processing for three years,
                               before returning to Bristol to study for a PhD in plasma etching of semi-
                               conductors. His PhD was awarded in 1991, and he then remained at Bristol
                               to co-found the CVD diamond research group. In 1992 he was awarded a
                               Ramsay Memorial Fellowship to continue the diamond work, and after
                               that a Royal Society University Fellowship. In October 1999 he became a
                               full-time lecturer in the School of Chemistry at Bristol. He is currently 36
                               years old. His scientific interests include diamond films, plasma chemis-
                               try, interstellar space dust, the internet and web technology. His recrea-
                               tional interests include table-tennis, science fiction, and heavy metal
                               music.
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