During the Second World War he developed methods of protecting ships from magnetically activated mines.
Working at University College from 1945 until 1951, he then returned once more to the Queen's University of Belfast. He remained there until his retirement in 1982.
Professor Flannery, a theoretical physicist at Georgia Tech, is an expert in the theory of atomic and molecular collision processes and is generally regarded as a world leader in his field.
The Bates Prize was created two years ago by the IOP to honor research scientists who make significant advances in atomic and molecular physics.
The prize is named in honor of Professor Sir DavidBates, a preeminent physicist who established the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at The Queen's University of Belfast in 1952.
Sir DavidBates, FRS (born 18 November 1916, died 1993) was an Irish mathematician and physicist.
Born in Omagh, County Tyrone, he moved to Belfast with his family in 1925, attending the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
Two scientific awards have been created in his honour; the DavidBates Medal of the European Geophysical Society is awarded yearly for outstanding contributions to planetary and solar system science,and the Institute of Physics have the DavidBates Prize, awarded in even dated years,for distinguished achievement in atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics.
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