17 Facts About Brian Cantor

Brian Cantor has published over 300 books and papers, with almost 15,000 citations and a Google h-index of over 50, and is on the ISI List of Most Cited Researchers.

Brian Cantor invented the field of High Entropy Alloys and discovered the so-called “Cantor alloys”.

Brian Cantor founded the Begbroke Science Park at Oxford, and the Heslington East Campus at York.

Brian Cantor has chaired and been on the board of many organisations, including the National Science Learning Centre, the Science Museums Group, the Marshall Aid Commission, the UK Universities Pensions Forum, the Worldwide Universities Network, and the World Technology Universities Congress.

Brian Cantor has received academic prizes, honorary professorships and fellowships in the UK, USA, China and India.

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Brian Cantor has worked at universities including Sussex, Oxford, York, Washington State and Banaras Hindu University, and for companies including Alcan, Elsevier, General Electric and Rolls-Royce.

Brian Cantor has advised organisations such as EPSRC, NASA, the EU and the Dutch, Spanish and German governments.

Brian Cantor chaired international review panels for the Institute of Metal Research, Shenyang, China, the Department of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, and the Institute of Innovative Materials, Wollongong University, Australia.

Brian Cantor was a member of the Sainsbury review of UK science and innovation.

Brian Cantor founded the Begbroke Science Park at Oxford, the National Science Learning Centre, the Hull-York Medical School, and the World Technology Universities Network, and led the £1bn Heslington East campus development at York.

Brian Cantor was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to higher education.

Brian Cantor's research has investigated the manufacture of materials and has contributed to fundamental scientific advances as well as improvements in many industrial products.

Brian Cantor is well known for inventing the field of high entropy alloys, and discovering the so-called "Cantor alloys".

Brian Cantor has supervised over 130 research students and postdocs, published over 300 papers and books, given over 100 invited talks in more than 15 countries, received over 10,000 citations with an h-index over 50, and is on the list of ISI List of Most Cited Researchers.

Brian Cantor was awarded the Rosenhain and Platinum Medals of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

Brian Cantor is an Honorary Professor at Shenyang, Zhejiang and Nanjing Universities, the National Institute of Metals in China and the Indian Institute of Sciences, an Honorary Member of the Indian Institute of Metals, a Member of Academia Europaea, and a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, the Institute of Physics, the Chartered Management Institute and the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Brian Cantor is a member of the Scientific Council at the IMDEA Materials Institute in Madrid.