Heidy Mader

Heidy M. Mader (1961 – 22 December 2022) was a British physicist and Professor at the University of Bristol[2][3] who specialised in the study of the flow of complex multiphase fluids, including magma in volcanic systems and ice.[4] She was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research from 2016-2021.[5]

Heidy Marita Mader
Born1961 (1961)
RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England
Died (aged 61)
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of York
University of Bristol
Alma materUniversity of York (BSc 1985) University of Bristol (PhD 1991)
Scientific career
FieldsVolcanology, Glaciology
InstitutionsUniversity of Bristol
ThesisWater veins in polycrystalline ice (1992)
Doctoral advisorJohn Nye[1]

Early life

Heidy Mader was born at RAF Cosford to Eric and Renate (née Pitz) Mader. Her father was an officer in the RAF, while her mother, who originally came from Germany, was a teacher.[6][7]

For her secondary schooling, the family moved to Germany, where Mader became fluent in German and developed a passion for physics. She was the only girl in her year to take the subject at Abitur level.[6][7]

Mader earned her Bachelor of Science in physics from the University of York in 1985. She earned her Doctorate of Philosophy in Physics from the University of Bristol in 1991.[8] Her dissertation was titled Water veins in polycrystalline ice.[9]

Career

Mader began her career as a Research Physicist in the Technical Development Department at Cadbury-Schweppes from 1985 to 1987.[8] During her time there, she studied the flow of chocolate, including Wispa, an aerated chocolate bar.[10] From 1990–1992, she was employed as BP Venture Research Fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. In 1992, she took up a Lectureship in Environmental Sciences at the University of Lancaster, before returning to Bristol as Lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences in 1996. She was promoted to Professor in 2013.[11]

Personal life and death

Mader married Jon Keating in 2009 and together they had three children. The eldest, Alex, died soon after birth.[6]

Mader died from cancer on 22 December 2022, at the age of 61.[6][7]

References
  1. Berry, Michael (2020). "John Frederick Nye. 26 February 1923—8 January 2019". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 69: 425–441. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2020.0002. S2CID 219546989.
  2. "Professor Heidy Mader - School of Earth Sciences". Bris.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. "Public lecture series erupts on to the science scene for 2014". Iop.org. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. "CUWiP 2017 Oxford, UK - speakers". Physics.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  5. "Heidy Mader". Journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  6. Llewellin, Ed (6 March 2023). "Heidy Mader obituary". The Guardian.
  7. Sparks, Steve (5 January 2023). "Professor Heidy Mader, 1961-2022". University of Bristol.
  8. "ORCID". Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. Mader, Heidy Marita (1992). Water veins in polycrystalline ice (Ph.D). University of Bristol. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  10. "Speakers". CUWiP 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  11. "ORCID". orcid.org.
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