Jr Ellis

Biography

Professor Ellis is a theoretical physicist with research interests in particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology and quantum gravity. The discovery of the gluon by experimental teams at DESY in 1979 was based on an idea he published in a paper in 1976 and suggested to them. In 1978 he used a grand unified theory to predict the mass of the bottom quark, and in 1989 he used precision electroweak data to predict the mass of the top quark. He pioneered phenomenological studies of the Higgs Boson (1976), supersymmetry and dark matter (1983), string models (1988), quantum gravity (1997) and the interpretation of the LHC Higgs candidate (2011-13). Most of his research work has been directly related to experiment, and he frequently co-authors scientific papers with experimental authors. Much of his research work also concerns the prospects for future accelerators such as LEP, the LHC and beyond. The interface between particle physics and cosmology has also been one of his active research interests for many years. He is the author of over 900 scientific papers.

Research Interest

Particle Physics, Cosmology, Astrophysics and Quantum Gravity