Roger Cashmore#
| Membership Number: | 1242 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1992 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/contacts/people/cashmore |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002-2011 Principal of Brasenose College, University of Oxford
- 1997–1999 Chair of the Department of Physics
- 1991–1996 Head of Particle and Nuclear Physics
- 1991 Professor of Experimental Physics
- 1976–1978 Teaching lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford
- 1969–1974 Research Associate at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
- 1969 PhD with thesis A study of inelastic pion-proton interactions in the range 600-800 MeV/c, Balliol College, Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Origin of the masses of particles
- The Higgs boson
Honours and Awards
- Apointed Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George for services to international cooperation in particle physics in the New Year Honours List by HM The Queen in 2004
- C.V. Boys Prize in 1983
- Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 1985
- Member of Academia Europa in 1992
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1996
- Fellow of the Royal Society in 1998
