Hi Bruce,

Yes - I had Ian Mills for several courses (he was the famous name I hinted above) - great lecturer (though we were always waiting for his bow tie to start spinning around) - if I stayed (or returned) to Reading he or AR would have been who I would have considered - I did a final year project with AR. The names you mentioned, I cannot recall.

Not returning, however, I proceeded into X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of simple gas molecules (U. of Alberta) and then innershell electron energy loss spectroscopy of simple gas molecules (UBC). Practicalities reared its ugly head and so I suppose I'm now a surface type - XPS and in a few months time of Flight secondary ion mass spec. (we just ordered a (US)$1 million machine! That, with the Flying Cloud (and Morris dancing)tend to keep me fairly busy.

Cheers Rana