Bryan Webber

Bryan Ronald Webber, FRS, FInstP (born 25 July 1943) is a British physicist and academic. He was a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1973 to 2010, and Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge from 1999 to 2010. He has been awarded the Dirac Medal by the Institute of Physics, the Sakurai Prize by the American Physical Society and the High Energy and Particle Physics Prize by the European Physical Society.

Early life and education Webber was born on 25 July 1943 to Frederick Ronald Webber and Iris Evelyn Webber (née Hutchings). He was educated at Colston's School, a private school in Bristol. He studied at The Queen's College, Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1964. He then moved to California, United States, to undertake postgraduate research within the research group of Luis Walter Alvarez at the University of California, Berkeley. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in experimental particle physics in 1969 with a thesis titled A test of the ΔS=ΔQ rule in leptonic decays of neutral K mesons.

Research and career Webber began his academic career as a postdoctoral researcher at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, California. There, he researched strong interaction under Geoffrey Chew from 1969 to 1971. and was appointed Professor Emeritus. At various times, he was a tutor in physics and was a director of studies at Emmanuel College.

Honours and awards In 1987, Webber was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP).

In 2008, he was awarded the Dirac Medal by the Institute of Physics. The citation reads:

In 2012, he was awarded the J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics by the American Physical Society. The citation reads:

In 2021, he was awarded the High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society. The short citation reads:

He received the award together with Torbjörn Sjöstrand, who was also a co-recipient of the Sakurai Prize.

Selected works