- Particle physicist, University of Cambridge
I'm a particle physicist at the University of Cambridge working on the LHCb experiment, a huge particle detector buried 100 metres underground at CERN near Geneva. I'm a member of an international team of around 1400 physicists, engineers and computer scientists who are using LHCb to study the basic building blocks of our universe. I study B-mesons, which are exotic particles containing a bottom quark. These particles are produced in huge numbers by the Large Hadron Collider and recorded in exquisite detail by the LHCb detector.
I'm also an author. My first popular science book, How To Make An Apple Pie From Scratch, which will be published in August 2021.
Experience
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2012–presentFellow of Modern Science, Science Museum
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2012–presentScience Museum Fellow, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
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2012–presentCurator of Collider exhibition, Science Museum
Education
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2012University of Cambridge, PhD in High Energy Physics
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2008University of Cambridge, MSci
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2008University of Cambridge, BA (Hons)
Grants and Contracts
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2008Schiff Studentship
- Role:
- Postgraduate student
- Funding Source:
- George and Lillian Schiff Foundation
Contact Harry for
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- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: London and Cambridge, UK
- Website
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