Ho-Kwang Mao
Ho-Kwang (Dave) Mao is a staff scientist at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. He is one of the most prolific users of the diamond anvil cell for research at high pressures. Although at the time the claim was controversial[1], his work with Peter M Bell[2] is now generally accepted as being the first verified static pressure in excess of 1 Megabar. In 2005 he was awarded the Gregori Aminoff Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.