James Hough (physicist)

James Hough (physicist)

James Hough FRS FRSE FInstP FAPS FRAS, also known as Jim Hough, is a British physicist and an international leader in the search for gravitational waves. [cite web | title=Newsletter of the Institute of Physics in Scotland | url=http://www.iop.org/activity/branches/Scotland/Newsletter/file_10638.pdf|accessdate= 2007-03-23]

Professional positions

Hough holds the following professional positions:
* Professor of experimental physics at the University of Glasgow. [cite web | title=Institute of Gravitational Research - Member Biography | url=http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/igr/index.php?content=bio&person=jhough|accessdate= 2007-05-02]
* Director of the "Institute of Gravitational Research" at the University of Glasgow. [cite web | title=Institute of Gravitational Research - Member Biography | url=http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/igr/index.php?content=bio&person=jhough|accessdate= 2007-05-02]
* Member of the LISA International Science Team. [cite web | title=LISA Science Team Membership | url=http://www.srl.caltech.edu/lisa/people/list.html|accessdate= 2007-05-02]
* Delegate to the LIGO Council. [cite web | title=LIGO Council| url=http://admdbsrv.ligo.caltech.edu/roster/lsc_roster.htf?rosterid=council]
* Chair of the "Education, Training and Careers Committee" and the "Fellowships Panel" of the Science and Technology Facilities Council. [cite web | title=Science & Technology Facitities Council - Committee Information| url=http://www.scitech.ac.uk/About/Strat/Archive/PPARC/E_and_T.aspx|accessdate= 2007-05-02]

Awards and recognition

* Hough was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 2003. [cite web | title=List of Fellows of the Royal Society | url=http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=1727|accessdate= 2007-05-02]
* In 2004, Hough was awarded the "Duddell Medal and Prize", a senior award from the Institute of Physics. [cite web | title=Recipients of the Duddell award| url=http://www.iop.org/activity/awards/Senior_Awards/The_Duddell_Medal_and_Prize/Duddell_award_recipients/page_10137.html|accessdate= 2007-05-02] 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." [cite web | title=The Duddell Medal and Prize| url=http://www.iop.org/activity/awards/Senior_Awards/The_Duddell_Medal_and_Prize/page_1786.html|accessdate= 2007-05-02]

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. [cite web | title=BBC News - Bookmakers slash odds on science | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3613510.stm|accessdate= 2007-05-02]

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. [cite web | title=The Times - Letters to the Editor| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/debate/letters/article1706486.ece|accessdate= 2007-05-05] [cite web | title=The Scotsman - Politics| url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=655262007|accessdate= 2007-05-05] 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."

ources

* [http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=1727 List of Royal Society Fellows]
* [http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/fellowship/fellows.pdf List of Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows]
* [http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm List of American Physical Society Fellows]

References

External links

* [http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/igr/index.php?content=bio&person=jhough Institute of Gravitational Research - Member Biography]
* [http://dept.physics.gla.ac.uk/staff/default.asp?record=99 University of Glasgow Staff Profile]
* [http://dept.physics.gla.ac.uk/staff/default.asp?record=99&show=publications List of publications]
* [http://www.iop.org/activity/awards/Senior_Awards/The_Duddell_Medal_and_Prize/page_1786.html Duddell Medal and Prize]


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