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Malcolm Fairbairn

Professor Malcolm Fairbairn

Professor

Research interests

  • Physics

Biography

Here is my Telescope Blog

Research

My research lies at the boundary between cosmology, particle physics and astrophysics.  In particular I am interested in dark matter, dark energy, cosmological inflation and particle astrophysics.  I have been awarded an ERC consolidator grant running from 2015-2020 to study dark matter and particle physics in the early Universe.

    Research

    Physics telescope
    Theoretical Particle Physics & Cosmology

    The research focus of the TPPC Group is on tests of new models of particle physics beyond the Standard Model, including supersymmetry, large extra dimensions and strings.

    News

    “When theorists ask something you don't know, try something new” - Nobel laureate inspires at annual Higgs Lecture

    Professor David Gross was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2004 for seminal contributions to theoretical and particle physics

    Professor Malcolm Fairbairn (L) and Professor David Gross (R) at the Annual Higgs Lecture 2023

    Meet the submariner: lockdown tips from a King's Physics alumnus

    Professor Malcolm Fairbairn interviews former Physics undergraduate Chris Tuckley, now a submariner with the Royal Navy, about life underwater, tips for...

    Chris Tuckley and Professor Malcolm Fairbairn

    DARK MATTER: Imagining the unseen and questioning the invisible

    'DARK MATTER: 95% of the Universe is Missing' now open at Science Gallery London

    Mirror Matter, Emilija Škarnulytė (2018) Credit: Science Gallery London Single channel video

    Changing the way we search for Dark Matter

    You may have heard that 95% of the universe is missing. It’s not truly missing but it is currently not directly detectable. This is what is known as dark...

    Telescope pointing at night sky

    Spotlight

    Dark matter inspires artists

    An exhibition on Dark Matter inspires artists

    The Science Gallery exhibition on dark matter

      Research

      Physics telescope
      Theoretical Particle Physics & Cosmology

      The research focus of the TPPC Group is on tests of new models of particle physics beyond the Standard Model, including supersymmetry, large extra dimensions and strings.

      News

      “When theorists ask something you don't know, try something new” - Nobel laureate inspires at annual Higgs Lecture

      Professor David Gross was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2004 for seminal contributions to theoretical and particle physics

      Professor Malcolm Fairbairn (L) and Professor David Gross (R) at the Annual Higgs Lecture 2023

      Meet the submariner: lockdown tips from a King's Physics alumnus

      Professor Malcolm Fairbairn interviews former Physics undergraduate Chris Tuckley, now a submariner with the Royal Navy, about life underwater, tips for...

      Chris Tuckley and Professor Malcolm Fairbairn

      DARK MATTER: Imagining the unseen and questioning the invisible

      'DARK MATTER: 95% of the Universe is Missing' now open at Science Gallery London

      Mirror Matter, Emilija Škarnulytė (2018) Credit: Science Gallery London Single channel video

      Changing the way we search for Dark Matter

      You may have heard that 95% of the universe is missing. It’s not truly missing but it is currently not directly detectable. This is what is known as dark...

      Telescope pointing at night sky

      Spotlight

      Dark matter inspires artists

      An exhibition on Dark Matter inspires artists

      The Science Gallery exhibition on dark matter