Professor Ruth Gregory
Head of Department of Physics
- Professor of Theoretical Particle Physics
Research interests
- Physics
Contact details
Biography
Professor Ruth Gregory joined King's in 2021 from Durham University, where she has been Professor of Mathematics and Physics since 2005.
She studied for her PhD at DAMTP, Cambridge in Stephen Hawking’s Relativity research group. She moved to Chicago as a Research Associate at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, then a McCormick Fellow at the Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, before moving back to the UK on a PPARC Advanced Fellowship, then a Royal Society University Research Fellowship before joining the Maths and Physics faculty at Durham in 2005. In 2006, she was awarded the Maxwell Medal by the Institute of Physics and in 2011 received a Royal Society Wolfson Merit Research Award.
Research interests
- General relativity
- Cosmology
Research
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
King's Department of Physics scoop four prestigious Institute of Physics Awards
Professors Lev Kantorovich, Nikolaos Mavromatos, PhD student Raquel Lopez-Rios De Castro and Technical Services Project Manager Bill Luckhurst have all...
King's physicists contribute to research into quantum technologies
King's is contributing to research in quantum technologies
Events
Physics Inaugural Lecture: Professors Ruth Gregory and Eugene Lim
Join us to celebrate a special milestone for our professors and hear about their inspiring career journeys.
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
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
King's Department of Physics scoop four prestigious Institute of Physics Awards
Professors Lev Kantorovich, Nikolaos Mavromatos, PhD student Raquel Lopez-Rios De Castro and Technical Services Project Manager Bill Luckhurst have all...
King's physicists contribute to research into quantum technologies
King's is contributing to research in quantum technologies
Events
Physics Inaugural Lecture: Professors Ruth Gregory and Eugene Lim
Join us to celebrate a special milestone for our professors and hear about their inspiring career journeys.
Please note: this event has passed.