Professor Brian Cox

Professor Brian Cox began his career as a musician, initially playing keyboards with rock band Dare and then D'Ream, who went on to have many top 10 hits including New Labour election anthem 'Things Can Only Get Better'. In 2007, Brian became Dr Brian, having gained a first class honours degree in physics from the University of Manchester, and a PhD in High Energy Particle Physics at the DESY laboratory in Hamburg.

In 2005, Brian was granted a Royal Society University Research Fellowship and is now mainly based in Manchester and at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland where he works on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Brian has received many awards for his work in publicising science. In 2002, he was elected an International Fellow of the Explorers Club and in 2006, he received the prestigious British Association Lord Kelvin award for his work in promoting science to the public.

As a Conference & Keynote Speaker, Brian gives talks for varied organizations including schools, the Australian Science Festival, TED (USA 2008 & 2009), World Economic Forum (China 2008 & Davos 2009), Cisco Networkers (Barcelona 2009), The Canadian Nuclear Association, PIME and The Sharp Lecture, New York University, New York.

Between 2005 and 2007, Brian was the Science Consultant on Danny Boyle's sci-fi film SUNSHINE and his commentary on the film is available on the DVD.

Brian also writes for various publications including New Statesman and The Times. His first book 'Why Does E=mc2' (DaCapo/Perseus) is released this year.

Brian's ability to present science in an engaging, exciting and interesting way makes him a popular television presenter & radio broadcaster. His credits include:

       
       
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