George Kalmus

George Ernest Kalmus, CBE, FRS is a British particle physicist.
Kalmus was associate director, 1986–94 and Director of Particle Physics, 1994–97 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
He was visiting professor, Physics and Astronomy Department, 1984–2000, University College London and has been a Fellow there since 1998.
Kalmus was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1988 and made a CBE in 2000. He is currently an Honorary Scientist, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Education

Kalmus went to St Albans County Grammar School. He received his BSc and PhD at University College London where he remained for a further three years as a Research Associate. He is now an Honorary Fellow of University College London.

Kalmus has published numerous articles on experimental particle physics. A listing of many of Kalmus' works can be found in 'INSPIRE' Particle Physics Database and the Science and Technology Facilities Council ePublication Archive.

1959-1962 – Research Associate at University College London.
1962-1963 – Research Associate at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory University of California, Berkeley.
1963-1964 – Lecturer in Physics Department at University College London.
1964-1967 – Research Associate at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
1967-1971 – Senior Physicist at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory University of California.
1970-1971 – Sabbatical leave at CERN as visiting scientist
1972-1986 – Group Leader, Bubble Chamber Group and DELPHI Group, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, England
1984 – Visiting professor, Physics Department at University College London.
1986-1997 – Director, Particle Physics and Head of Particle Physics Department. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
1998-2000 – Senior Scientist, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, on sabbatical leave at CERN
2000 – Honorary Scientist, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Kalmus has served on and contributed to a considerable number of professional and science organisations throughout his career. These have included over a decade as the Director and Head of Particle Physics Department of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Kalmus has also been an active member of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and of CERN and University College London.
He has also been involved the Royal Society and with the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics.
Apart from his duties as Director of Particle Physics at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Kalmus has served on a number of international committees. These include:

Member of the CERN Track Chamber Committee
Chairman of the BEBC user group at CERN
Member of the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron Committee
Member of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Fundamental Physics Advisory Committee
Chairman of the European High Energy Physics Computing Coordinating Committee
Member of the Advisory Committee on TRIUMF
Member of the CERN Scientific Policy Committee
Chairman of the CERN Scientific Policy Committee
Member of the DOE/NSF HEPAP Long Range Planning Group
Chairman of the ECFA Group on Organisational Matters for an International Linear Collider
Member of the ICFA International Technology Review Panel for an International Linear Collider

1960 – Fellow of the Physical Society
1988 – Fellow of the American Physical Society
1988 – Fellow of the Royal Society
1998 – Fellow of University College London
2000 – CBE for services to international particle physics research
2002 – Institute of Physics Glazebrook Medal and Prize for leadership and promotion of particle physics in the UK and internationally

Kalmus' brother, Peter Kalmus, is another British particle physicist. A press release from the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council in 2002 commented that "A particle physicist in the family is a rare occurrence. That there should be two and both be leaders of the field is even more unusual, yet Professors Peter and George Kalmus have achieved this."