Professor Gavin Salam
FRS
Physics
Senior Research Fellow since 2018
I am a theoretical particle physicist. My work centres on the question of how to develop and use our understanding of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD, the theory of quarks and gluons) in order facilitate state-of-the-art measurements and discoveries at high-energy particle colliders, notably the LHC, including applications to Higgs physics, searches for new particles and studies of heavy-ion collisions. Much of my current research is on the PanScales project, which seeks to provide a sound theoretical basis for detailed and accurate simulations of high-energy collisions.
Research Areas
Quantum Chromodynamics
Physics of the Large Hadron Collider
Awards and recognition