Martin Harmer

Martin Harmer (Ph.D., D.Sc. Leeds, UK) is the Alcoa Foundation Professor Emeritus of Material Science, and Director of the Nano|Human Interfaces Presidential Research Initiative at Lehigh University, USA. His work has led to the breakthrough discovery that grain boundaries exhibit phase-like behavior called “complexions”, solving long-standing scientific mysteries including abnormal grain growth in ceramics and liquid metal embrittlement in metal alloys. Awards include Keck Foundation, Humboldt Foundation, Distinguished Life Member ACerS, Presidential Investigator.