William Barter

(he/him)

Will is a particle physicist, working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), seeking to understand the fundamental behaviour of the universe. He is a member of the University of Edinburgh Experimental Particle Physics group, and a member of the LHCb collaboration who operate the LHCb detector, one of four main experiments at the LHC. Will’s research includes studies of the weak force (which is responsible for radioactivity), the internal structure of the proton, differences between matter and anti-matter, and searching for the influence of new particles in decays of B-hadrons involving tau-leptons.

Experience

  • 2026–present
    Reader, The University of Edinburgh
  • 2022–2026
    UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, The University of Edinburgh

Education

  • 2014 
    University of Cambridge, PhD (Physics)

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