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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.
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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

  • 2012–present
    Fellow of Modern Science, Science Museum
  • 2012–present
    Science Museum Fellow, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
  • 2012–present
    Curator of Collider exhibition, Science Museum

Education

  • 2012 
    University of Cambridge, PhD in High Energy Physics
  • 2008 
    University of Cambridge, MSci
  • 2008 
    University of Cambridge, BA (Hons)

Grants and Contracts

  • 2008
    Schiff Studentship
    Role:
    Postgraduate student
    Funding Source:
    George and Lillian Schiff Foundation