Brian Foster (physicist)

Brian Foster FRS OBE (born 4 January 1954 in Crook, County Durham) is a British experimental particle physicist. He is Donald H. Perkins Professor of Experimental Physics at the department of physics, University of Oxford,[1][2] and Alexander von Humboldt Professor at the University of Hamburg.[3][4] He is leading scientist at DESY where he his research topics include new methods of acceleration, deep inelastic scattering using the ZEUS particle detector, and the International Linear Collider.[4]

Brian Foster

FRS OBE
Born (1954-01-04) January 4, 1954
Crook, County Durham
CitizenshipUK
EducationD.Phil. (1978)
Alma materOxford University
AwardsMax Born Prize (2003)
OBE (2003)
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
InstitutionsOxford University
Bristol University
Hamburg University

Honours and awards

Foster was awarded a Humboldt Research Award in 1998 and both the Max Born Prize and the Order of the British Empire in 2003. He was selected for an Alexander von Humboldt professorship in 2011.[5] Foster was elected to the Royal Society in 2008.[1]

References
  1. "Brian Foster". Royal Society. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. "Brian Foster". University of Oxford Department of Physics. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. "Brian Foster". Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  4. "Humboldt Professur - Alexander von Humboldt-Professor Dr. Brian Foster FRS". DESY. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  5. "Brian Foster". Alexander von Humboldt-Professur (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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