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Edward Hinds

Edward Hinds

British physicist

Edward Allen Hinds FInstP FAPS FRS (born 8 Sept 1949)[1][2] is a British physicist noted for his work with cold matter.

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He was educated at Dame Allan's School in Newcastle[3] before being offered a place at Jesus College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1968.[4] He obtained both an undergraduate degree and a doctorate before moving to the United States to teach at Columbia University.

He served as professor of physics at Yale University before returning to the United Kingdom in 1994 to start the Sussex Centre for Optical and Atomic Physics at Sussex University.[5]

He is currently (2014) a Royal Society Research Professor and director of the Centre for Cold Matter at Imperial College London, where his research is concentrated on fundamental problems in physics and on new methods for producing and manipulating cold atoms and molecules.[6]

Honours and awards

Source: Imperial College

References

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    "The Northern Echo: Prestigious awards for school's old boys". The Northern Echo. 4 November 2007. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
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    "Honours, Awards and Qualifications". The Jesus College Record: 118. 2008.
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    "The Wood Memorial Lecture - Physics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne". University of Newcastle. Archived from the original on 25 September 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
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    "Professor Ed Hinds FRS". Royal Society. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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    "Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize recipients". Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize recipients | Institute of Physics.
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