| RefNo | EC/2018/01 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Al-Khalili James Sadik; certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 9 May 2018 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Jim Al-Khalili as a Fellow of the Royal Society, including personal details of the elected Fellow and citing the reasons for election and names of proposers. Signed by Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Jim Al-Khalili is an award-winning science communicator renowned for his public engagement around the world through writing and broadcasting and has made fundamental contributions to theoretical nuclear physics. His third book, 'Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed', was instrumental in winning him the 2007 Royal Society Michael Faraday Medal (the youngest ever recipient). His 2010 BBC4 documentary, 'Chemistry: A Volatile History', led to a BAFTA nomination. In his role as a theoretical physicist he developed a theory for few-body nuclear stripping and is renowned for his work on the neutron halo which built on his earlier research on the few-body Glauber model. He also developed a quark model for meson photo-production and addressed the properties of the hypothetical pentaquark. His recent work in quantum biology addresses modelling genetic mutations by solving the Markovian Master equation to simulate H-bond base transitions in DNA. In 2016 he received the first Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication and his TED talk on quantum biology has been watched by over 1.5 million viewers to-date. His book, ' Life on the Edge: the coming of age of quantum biology' was shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize and his most recent monograph ‘Halo Nuclei’ published in 2017 captures his seminal research theme. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |