Dr Peter Jones
Research
I work in the field of ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions. I am a former member of the NA36 and NA49 collaborations at CERN and the STAR collaboration at RHIC. I am currently a member of the ALICE collaboration at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.
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Teaching
My current teaching duties include:
- Head of Y3"
- Y3 Nuclear Laboratory
- Y4 Project Supervisor
- Y3/4 Critique Marker
- MSc FORTRAN
- MSc Numerical Analysis
Biography
I was awarded a PhD from the University of Birmingham in 1992 for my work on strange particle production (hadrons containing one or more strange quarks) in one of the first experiments to study the aftermath of heavy ion collisions (S-Pb) at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. After completing my PhD I became a research fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California, where I contributed to the conceptual design of a Time Project Chamber for the STAR experiment at the Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Upon returning to Birmingham I played a leading role in the NA49 experiment, which studied the first Pb-Pb collisions at CERN. I was awarded an EPSRC Advanced Fellowship in 1996 and, subsequently, was appointed to a lectureship in 2001. My Advanced Fellowship allowed me to renew my involvement in the STAR experiment. During my time with STAR, I chaired the experiment's Strangeness Physics Working Group (1996-2001), chaired its Talks Committee (2004-2007) and served on its scientific Advisory Board. My research focussed on the study of strange particles and hadron production at high transverse momentum. I have been a member of the ALICE collaboration at the CERN Large Hadron Collider since 2007. I currently also serve as chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP).
Reader in Experimental Nuclear Physics
- Phone
- +44 (0)121 414 4677
- p.g.jones@bham…uk
- Office
- Room 306, Physics East
