Tejinder Virdee
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 72 |
Date of birth | October 13,1952 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Nyeri |
Kenya | |
Field | Physics |
Particle physics | |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Dornan |
Alma maters | Queen Mary University of London |
Imperial College London | |
Institution | Imperial College London |
Nationality | British |
Awards | Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics |
Academic advisor | Peter Dornan |
Education | Imperial College London |
Queen Mary University of London | |
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ID | 873500 |
Tejinder Virdee Life story
Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee, FRS, is a Kenyan-born British experimental particle physicist and Professor of Physics at Imperial College London. He is best known for originating the concept of the Compact Muon Solenoid with a few other colleagues and has been referred to as one of the 'founding fathers' of the project.