Jeffrey Robert Forshaw was born on 1968 and is a British particle physicist with a special interest in quantum chromodynamics : the study of the behaviour of subatomic particles, using data from the HERA particle accelerator, Tevatron particle accelerator and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
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Jeff Forshaw has written over 100 peer reviewed papers published in scientific journals and speaks at international science festivals for children and adults.
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Jeff Forshaw frequently acts as science consultant to the BBC and other media and is a columnist for The Observer.
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Jeff Forshaw attended Hesketh Fletcher High School and studied A levels at Wigan and Leigh College where he considered his teachers, Jim Breithaupt, Alan Skinner and Jean Wadsworth an important influence on his future career.
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Jeff Forshaw went on to study physics at Oriel College, Oxford graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts degree in physics in 1989, followed by a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Manchester in 1992 for research on the parton content of the photon and photon-induced minijets.
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Jeff Forshaw began his friendship and eventual collaboration with Brian Cox around 1995 when he was Cox's lecturer in Advanced Quantum Field Theory as they were the same age, despite being student and teacher.
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Jeff Forshaw has written over 100 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals, including papers on ordering gluon emissions, quantum field theory and holographic wavefunction of mesons.
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Jeff Forshaw encourages people to see the relevance of quantum physics in everyday life and not purely as an academic discipline, using solar panels and lasers as examples of practical everyday applications.
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Jeff Forshaw is an ambassador for educational charity Potential Plus UK which aims to support the emotional and learning needs of gifted and exceptional children.
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Jeff Forshaw regularly contributes at SciBar events and Cafe Scientifique events in the UK.
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Jeff Forshaw writes frequent popular science articles explaining complex concepts in physics for the press and magazine publications.
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Jeff Forshaw has written on subjects such as matter and antimatter, the Big Bang, the existence of the Higgs boson, quantum computers, supersymmetry, the Planck satellite, dark matter and the technology of nuclear fusion.
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Jeff Forshaw was science consultant for several BBC Television series and programmes including the following:.
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In 1999 Jeff Forshaw was awarded the Maxwell Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics for his outstanding contribution to particle physics.
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In 2013 Jeff Forshaw received the Kelvin Medal from the Institute of Physics for his outstanding contribution to making complex physics accessible and understandable to the public.
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Jeff Forshaw was married to scientist and environmental campaigner Gail Bradbrook.