James Hough
| Sir Jim Hough OBE FRS FRSE FInstP FRAS | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James Hough August 6, 1945 |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Awards | Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions |
University of Glasgow University of Strathclyde |
| Doctoral students | Sheila Rowan[1] |
| Website |
www |
Sir James Hough OBE FRS FRSE FInstP FRAS (born 1945)[2]is a British physicist and an international leader in the search for gravitational waves.[3][4][5][6][7]
Career and research
Hough has held the following professional positions:
- Professor of experimental physics at the University of Glasgow.[8]
- Director of the Institute of Gravitational Research at the University of Glasgow.[9]
- Member of the LISA International Science Team.[10]
- Delegate to the LIGO Council.[11]
- Chair of the Education, Training and Careers Committee and the Fellowships Panel of the Science and Technology Facilities Council.[12]
Awards and honours
- 2003 Hough was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[13]
- 2004 Hough was awarded the Duddell Medal and Prize, a senior award from the Institute of Physics.[14] 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."[15]
- 2008 Hough was awarded the Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his work on gravitational waves [16]
- 2013 Hough was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to science.[17]
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.[18]
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.[19][20] 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."
References
- ↑ Rowan, Sheila (1995). Aspects of lasers for the illumination of interferometric gravitational wave detectors. theses.gla.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Glasgow. OCLC 181873685. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.294173.
- ↑ Anon (2017). Hough, Prof. James. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.44099.
- ↑ "Newsletter of the Institute of Physics in Scotland" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2007.
- ↑ Institute of Gravitational Research – Member Biography
- ↑ University of Glasgow Staff Profile
- ↑ List of publications
- ↑ Duddell Medal and Prize
- ↑ "Institute of Gravitational Research – Member Biography". Retrieved 2 May 2007.
- ↑ "Institute of Gravitational Research – Member Biography". Retrieved 2 May 2007.
- ↑ "LISA Science Team Membership". Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2007.
- ↑ "LIGO Council".
- ↑ "Science & Technology Facitities Council – Committee Information". Retrieved 2 May 2007.
- ↑ "James Hough Biography". Royal Society. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ↑ "Recipients of the Duddell award". Retrieved 2 May 2007.
- ↑ "The Duddell Medal and Prize". Retrieved 2 May 2007.
- ↑ "Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize Lectureship" (PDF). RSE. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ↑ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 11.
- ↑ "Bookmakers slash odds on science". 31 August 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2007.
- ↑ "The Times – Letters to the Editor". London. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- ↑ "The Scotsman – Politics". Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2007.