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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.