Dr. John Adkins 1934-2020

QM members will be saddened to learn that Dr. John Adkins, long-time group member and highly respected colleague, passed away on 17 July. John was an outstanding experimentalist who was a member of the Low Temperature Physics Group from the beginning of his PhD programme in 1956. His contributions included studies of superconductivity, electronic conduction in disordered systems, quantum mechanical tunnelling and the metal-insulator transition. He was appointed a University Lecturer in 1964, and went on to lead the Group from 1982 until his retirement in 1999. A more detailed description of his work and life can be found here.(2/8/20)