George Kalmus
| George Ernest Kalmus, CBE, FRS | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 April 1935 Beocin, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Physics/Particle Physics |
| Notable awards | Glazebrook Medal and Prize (2002) |
George Ernest Kalmus, CBE, FRS (born 21 April 1935) is a noted British particle physicist.
Kalmus was born in Beočin, Yugoslavia, and moved to Britain with his parents and his elder brother Peter Kalmus in 1939. His sister Elsa Joan Kalmus was born in 1945. The family became British Citizens in 1946.
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
Kalmus went to school first in Hampstead and then in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. From 1945 till 1953 he was at St Albans County Grammar School (later renamed Verulam School). He received his BSc (1956) and PhD (1959) at University College London[1] where he remained for a further three years as a Research Associate. He is now an Honorary Fellow of University College London.[1]
Kalmus undertook his PhD at University College London, working with the bubble chamber group. The UCL group was working with the only heavy liquid chamber in the UK, the other groups being based on liquid hydrogen or helium chambers. The aim of the group was to investigate ways of operating so-called "heavy liquids" at temperatures close to room temperature, and in particular to investigate the use of various high Z (atomic number) liquids as possible bubble chamber fluids.
After graduation, Kalmus continued at University College London, working on the design of a large bubble chamber which was built by the UCL group for the newly established National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science (NIRNS) – later to become the Rutherford Laboratory, and subsequently the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL). The University College London group’s contribution was to design a 1.4m heavy liquid bubble chamber, as one of the suite of tools to be used at the NIRNS 7GeV proton synchrotron.
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