Christopher Llewellyn Smith

Sir Christopher Llewellyn Smith ( born November 19, 1942) is a British physicist.

Smith studied at Oxford University ( New College ), where he was in 1967 received his doctorate in theoretical physics. As a post - graduate student, he was briefly at the Lebedev Institute in Moscow, 1968-1970 at CERN and two years at SLAC. 1972 to 1974 he was in the Theory Department ( Theoretical Studies Division ) at CERN and was 1973 to 1976 in the experiment Committee for the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS ). In 1974 he was back in Oxford, where he was a Fellow of St. John 's College, first Lecturer and Reader in 1980.

Smith was from 1987 to 1998 professor at Oxford and was from 1987 to 1992 the Physics Faculty ago. At the same time, he remained connected to CERN and was from 1986 to 1993 in the Scientific Policy Committee.

He was from 1994 to 1998 Director-General of CERN. Under his management of the Large Hadron Collider was approved in December 1994.

From 1999 to 2002 he was Provost and President of University College London.

He was from 2004 to 2009 Chairman of the Committee for the Euratom fusion and was, until 2009 Chairman of the UK fusion program ( UKAEA Culham Division ). From 2004 he was again a visiting professor at Oxford and director of energy research. From 2007 to 2009 he was Chairman of the International Committee for the planned ITER fusion reactor.

In 2008 he became chairman of the Sesame Council (the project a particle accelerator in Jordan).

In 1984 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1999 he was awarded the Glazebrook Medal. He was knighted in 2001. Since 2000 he has been an honorary fellow of St. John 's College, Oxford.