Professor Midgley is a Professor of Materials Science and focuses on Electron Microscopy. His current research is based on the development and application of new electron microscopy techniques to study the structural and functional properties of a variety of materials with high spatial resolution in two and three dimensions.

More about his research can be found at https://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/people/midgley.

Professor Midgley is also Chairman of the Estates and Investments Committee at Peterhouse.