James Hough
James Hough OBE FRS FRSE FInstP FAPS FRAS, also known as Jim Hough, is a British physicist and an international leader in the search for gravitational waves.[1]
Professional positions
Hough holds the following professional positions:
- Professor of experimental physics at the University of Glasgow.[2]
- Director of the Institute of Gravitational Research at the University of Glasgow.[3]
- Member of the LISA International Science Team.[4]
- Delegate to the LIGO Council.[5]
- Chair of the Education, Training and Careers Committee and the Fellowships Panel of the Science and Technology Facilities Council.[6]
Awards and recognition
- Hough was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 2003.[7]
- In 2004, Hough was awarded the Duddell Medal and Prize, a senior award from the Institute of Physics.[8] The award is made annually to "an individual or team for outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge through the application of physics, including invention or design of scientific instruments or by the discovery of materials used in their construction."[9]
Hough was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to science.[10]
Appearances in media
Hough received widespread media coverage in 2004 when he placed a bet, against the odds, of detecting gravitational waves before 2010. The original odds were set at 500/1, but following huge interest, the betting company were forced to cut their odds to 6/1.[11]
In April 2007, during the run-up to the Scottish Parliamentary elections, Hough signed an open letter, along with sixty-one other top Scottish scientists, backing the retention of the Union between Scotland and England.[12][13] They were concerned that Scottish independence would have "detrimental consequences for the health of the Scottish science base and for the long term viability of the Scottish economy and society."
Sources
- List of Royal Society Fellows
- List of Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows
- List of American Physical Society Fellows
References
- ↑ "Newsletter of the Institute of Physics in Scotland". Retrieved 2007-03-23.
- ↑ "Institute of Gravitational Research - Member Biography". Retrieved 2007-05-02.
- ↑ "Institute of Gravitational Research - Member Biography". Retrieved 2007-05-02.
- ↑ "LISA Science Team Membership". Retrieved 2007-05-02.
- ↑ "LIGO Council".
- ↑ "Science & Technology Facitities Council - Committee Information". Retrieved 2007-05-02.
- ↑ "List of Fellows of the Royal Society". Retrieved 2007-05-02.
- ↑ "Recipients of the Duddell award". Retrieved 2007-05-02.
- ↑ "The Duddell Medal and Prize". Retrieved 2007-05-02.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60534. p. 11. 15 June 2013.
- ↑ "BBC News - Bookmakers slash odds on science". 2004-08-31. Retrieved 2007-05-02.
- ↑ "The Times - Letters to the Editor". London. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ↑ "The Scotsman - Politics". Retrieved 2007-05-05.
External links
- Institute of Gravitational Research - Member Biography
- University of Glasgow Staff Profile
- List of publications
- Duddell Medal and Prize