Pratibha Gai

Pratibha Gai
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1948 (77/78 shekaru)
ƙasa	Indiya
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Cambridge (en)
Matakin karatu	Ph.D. (mul)
Dalibin daktanci	David Carlos Lloyd (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	physicist (en) , inventor (en) da Farfesa
Employers	University of York (mul) DuPont (mul) University of Delaware (en) Jami'ar Oxford
Kyaututtuka	gani L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science  (2013) Fellow of the Institute of Physics Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize  (2010) Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire  (31 Disamba 2017) Fellow of the Royal Society  (2016)
Mamba	Royal Society of Chemistry (en) The Royal Society (mul)

Dame Pratibha Laxman Gai-Boyes DBE FRS HonFRMS FRSC FREng masanin kimiyyar microscopy ne na Burtaniya kuma Farfesa kuma Shugaban Electron Microscopy kuma tsohon Darakta a The York JEOL Nanocentre, Sashen Chemistry da Physics, Jami'ar York. Ta kirkiro microscope na watsa wutar lantarki na muhalli (ETEM) kuma mai ba da shawara ce ga mata masu sana'a a kimiyya.

Ilimi da rayuwar farko

Gai ya girma a Indiya, kuma kimiyya tana sha'awarsa tun yana yaro. Marie Curie, iliminta, da iyayenta sun rinjaye ta don nazarin ilmin sunadarai. Koyaya, a wannan lokacin, ba a yarda da al'umma ga mata su sami aiki a kimiyyar jiki ba. Lokacin da take matashiya, an zaba ta a matsayin masanin binciken basirar kimiyya na kasa.

Gai ta yi karatu a Jami'ar Cambridge inda aka ba ta PhD a shekara ta 1974 don bincike kan microscopy na lantarki mai rauni da aka gudanar a cikin Laboratory na Cavendish .

Bincike da aiki

Gai ya fara amfani da aikace-aikacen microscopy na lantarki a cikin kimiyyar sunadarai. Tare da Edward D. Boyes, ta kirkiro ƙudurin atomatik na muhalli na watsa electron microscope (ETEM), wanda ke ba da damar gani da bincike akan sikelin atomatik na halayen gas-catalyst mai ƙarfi wanda ke haifar da mahimman hanyoyin sunadarai. Binciken da ta yi ya taimaka wajen fahimtar yadda abubuwan da ke haifar da aiki, wanda ke haifar da sabon kimiyya mai mahimmanci. Wannan kirkirar ta taimaka wa masana kimiyya da yawa. Ana amfani da microscope da abubuwan kirkirarta a duk duniya ta masana'antun microscope, kamfanonin sunadarai da masu bincike.

A shekara ta 2009, bayan shekaru na ci gaba, Gai, wanda ke riƙe da kujera a cikin microscopy na lantarki kuma ya kasance codirectora na York JEOL Nanocentre a Jami'ar York, ya yi nasarar ƙirƙirar microscope wanda zai iya fahimtar halayen sunadarai a sikelin atom.

Wannan ci gaba ne a kan microscopes na al'ada a wannan sikelin, wanda kawai zai iya duba kayan halitta a cikin yanayin "mutuwa" na iska a zafin jiki. An san shi da ƙudurin atomatik na watsa wutar lantarki na muhalli (ETEM).

Tare da taimakon abokan aiki, ta gina kuma ta inganta na'urar a cikin shekaru ashirin, ta fara da samfurin ƙarami lokacin da take mai bincike na postdoctoral a Jami'ar Oxford. Daga nan sai ta yi shekaru 18 a Amurka a kamfanin sinadarai na DuPont da Jami'ar Delaware .

Kodayake microscope dinta yana da matukar muhimmanci ga fannin kimiyya, ta yanke shawarar kada ta ba da izini, tana cewa, "Na yi tunanin cewa idan na ba da izinin, babu wanda zai iya yin aiki tare da shi. Zan iya samun kuɗi, amma ban da sha'awar hakan. Ina da sha'awa ga aikace-aikace ga masu bincike da yawa, ƙirƙirar kimiyya mafi mahimmanci. Don haka na yanke shawarar kada in ba da izine. "[1]

Sau da yawa tana ba da shawara ga matsayin mata a kimiyya, kuma ta yi magana game da ƙalubalen samun yara a matsayin mace masanin kimiyya. Ta ce, "abin da ake buƙata don kiyaye mata a kimiyya; filin gasa ne sosai kuma suna [idan ba haka ba] baya ko suna aiki ko a'a. Don haka ina ci gaba da gaya wa ɗaliban mata na yin niyya mai girma".