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'''James Busfield''' is a Queen Mary University of London professor, and head of the United Kingdom's largest research group in the area of Soft Matter.
== Education ==
Busfield completed an MA in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford in 1989. In 2000, he completed a doctoral degree in materials science at Queen Mary University of London under advisor Alan G. Thomas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prof James Busfield FREng, MA, PhD, CEng, FIMMM, FHEA |url=https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/j.busfield |website=sems.qmul.ac.uk |publisher=QMUL |access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref> He made influential studies of ceramic foams<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Peng |first1=H. X. |last2=Fan |first2=Z. |last3=Evans |first3=J. R. G |last4=Busfield |first4=J. J. C. |title=Microstructure of ceramic foams |journal=Journal of the European Ceramic Society |date=2000 |volume=20 |issue=7 |pages=807–813 |doi=10.1016/S0955-2219(99)00229-0}}</ref> and of the electrical and mechanical behavior of filled rubbers.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Yamaguchi |first1=K. |last2=Busfield |first2=J. J. C. |last3=Thomas |first3=A. G. |title=Electrical and mechanical behavior of filled elastomers. I. The effect of strain |journal=Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics |date=2003 |volume=41 |issue=17 |pages=2079–2089 |doi=10.1002/polb.10571|bibcode=2003JPoSB..41.2079Y }}</ref> He has chaired the 2003 European Conference on Constitutive Models for Rubber, together with Alan Muhr.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Busfield |first1=J. J. C. |last2=Muhr |first2=A. H. |title=Constitutive Models for Rubber III Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Constitutive Models for Rubber |date=15–17 September 2003 |publisher=Taylor and Francis |location=London, UK |isbn=9789058095664 |url=https://www.routledge.com/Constitutive-Models-for-Rubber-III-Proceedings-of-the-Third-European-Conference-on-Constitutive-Models-for-Rubber-London-UK-15-17-September-2003/Busfield-Muhr/p/book/9789058095664 |access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition==
* 2009 - National Teaching Fellowship<ref>{{cite web |title=New Fellows 2020 |url=https://raeng.org.uk/about-us/fellowship/new-fellows-2020/professor-james-busfield-freng |website=aeng.org.uk |publisher=Royal Academy of Engineering |access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Professor James Busfield |url=https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/ntfs/professor-james-busfield |website=advance-he.ac.uk |access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref> * 2009 - Colwyn Medal from the IOM3<ref>{{cite web |title=Colwyn Medal |url=https://www.iom3.org/award/colwyn-medal-not-available-in-2022.html |website=iom3.org |publisher=IOM3 |access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref> * 2010 - Sparks–Thomas award from the ACS Rubber Division<ref>{{cite news |title=James Busfield awarded the Sparks-Thomas Prize of the American Chemical Society for 2010 |url=https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/news/1824/james-busfield-awarded-the-sparks-thomas-prize-of-the-american-chemical-society-for-2010 |access-date=19 August 2022 |publisher=QMUL |date=27 October 2009}}</ref> * 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor James Busfield FREng |url=https://raeng.org.uk/about-us/fellowship/new-fellows-2020/professor-james-busfield-freng |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Royal Academy of Engineering |language=en}}</ref> * 2021 - George Stafford Whitby Award by the ACS Rubber Division<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schunk |first1=Andrew |title=Industry movers and shakers receive Science and Technology Awards |url=https://www.rubbernews.com/news/photos-rubber-division-honors-2021-science-technology-award-winners |access-date=25 April 2023 |work=Rubber News |publisher=Crain |date=6 October 2021}}</ref>
== Notable students ==
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