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Name
  
James Hough


Role
  
Physicist

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James Hough OBE FRS FRSE FInstP FAPS FRAS, also known as Jim Hough, is a British physicist and an international leader in the search for gravitational waves.

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Professor Sir James Hough and the Detection of Gravitational Waves


Professional positions

Hough holds the following professional positions:

  • Professor of experimental physics at the University of Glasgow.
  • Director of the Institute of Gravitational Research at the University of Glasgow.
  • Member of the LISA International Science Team.
  • Delegate to the LIGO Council.
  • Chair of the Education, Training and Careers Committee and the Fellowships Panel of the Science and Technology Facilities Council.

    • Awards and recognition

  • Hough was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 2003.
  • In 2004, Hough was awarded the Duddell Medal and Prize, a senior award from the Institute of Physics. The award is made annually to "an individual or team for outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge through the application of physics, including invention or design of scientific instruments or by the discovery of materials used in their construction."

    • Hough was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to science.

    Appearances in media

    Hough received widespread media coverage in 2004 when he placed a bet, against the odds, of detecting gravitational waves before 2010. The original odds were set at 500/1, but following huge interest, the betting company were forced to cut their odds to 6/1.

    In April 2007, during the run-up to the Scottish Parliamentary elections, Hough signed an open letter, along with sixty-one other top Scottish scientists, backing the retention of the Union between Scotland and England. They were concerned that Scottish independence would have "detrimental consequences for the health of the Scottish science base and for the long term viability of the Scottish economy and society."

    References

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