John Ellis (physicist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Ellis (physicist)

British physicist

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1946

Place of Birth: Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Profession: physicist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Jonathan Richard Ellis (born 1 July 1946) is a British theoretical physicist who is currently Clerk Maxwell Professor of Theoretical Physics at King's College London.After completing his secondary education at Highgate School, he attended King's College, Cambridge, earning his PhD in theoretical (high-energy) particle physics in 1971.
After brief post-doc positions at SLAC and Caltech, he went to CERN and has held an indefinite contract there since 1978.
He was awarded the Maxwell Medal and the Paul Dirac Prize by the Institute of Physics in 1982 and 2005 respectively, and is an Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London since 1985 and of the Institute of Physics since 1991.
He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Southampton, and twice won the First Award in the Gravity Research Foundation essay competition (in 1999 and 2005).
He is also Honorary Doctor at Uppsala University.Ellis' activities at CERN are wide-ranging.
He was twice Deputy Division Leader for the theory ("TH") division, and served as Division Leader for 1988–1994.
He was a founding member of the LEPC and of the LHCC; currently he is chair of the committee to investigate physics opportunities for future proton accelerators, and is a member of the extended CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Steering Committee. Ellis was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to science and technology.