Jim Al-Khalili

Jim Al-Khalili
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Jim Al-Khalili at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2018
Born
Jameel Sadik Al-Khalili[3]

(1962-09-20) 20 September 1962 (age 62)[4]
Baghdad, Iraq
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
EducationPriory School, Portsmouth[5]
Alma materUniversity of Surrey (BSc, PhD)
Known forThe Life Scientific
SpouseJulie Frampton[4]
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisIntermediate Energy Deuteron Elastic Scattering from Nuclei in a Three-Body Model (1989)
Jim Al-Khalili's voice
Recorded February 2010 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs
Website

Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili (Arabic: جميل صادق الخليلي; born 20 September 1962[4]) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist and science populariser. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey. He is a regular broadcaster and presenter of science programmes on BBC radio and television, and a frequent commentator about science in other British media.

In 2014, Al-Khalili was named as a RISE (Recognising Inspirational Scientists and Engineers) leader by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).[6][7] He was President of Humanists UK between January 2013 and January 2016.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ "2011 Kelvin Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
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  3. ^ Jim Al-Khalili at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ a b c Anon (2018). "Al-Khalili, Prof. Jameel S., (Jim)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.246627. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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  6. ^ "RISE Awards Announced". EPSRC. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
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  8. ^ "Jim Al-Khalili named President-elect of British Humanist Association". British Humanist Association. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  9. ^ Jim Al-Khalili at The Guardian
  10. ^ Lecture on Alan Turing from the University of Edinburgh YouTube Channel. Posted 4 June 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2017.