Nigel Glover


Edward William Nigel Glover is a British particle physicist. He is a professor of physics at the University of Durham. He graduated from Downing College, Cambridge, with a first in Natural Sciences, and went on to complete a doctorate at Hatfield College, Durham.

Research

Glover conducts research on the phenomenology of particle physics. His calculations based on quantum chromodynamics — the theory of the strong nuclear force — are relevant to measurements made at the Large Hadron Collider.

Awards and honours

Glover was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2013. His citation reads:
Glover was the 2017 recipient of the John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics.

Personal life

Glover is married to Belgian mathematical physicist Anne Taormina.