Biography
Andy Parker is a Professor of High Energy Physics at Cambridge University, with over 500 publications on aspects of particle physics and other topics. His current research interests involve experiments to reveal new physics such as extra space dimensions, quantum-sized black holes, and supersymmetry. He is a founder of the ATLAS experiment for the Large Hadron Collider, and for 6 years he was the project leader for the ATLAS Inner Detector and a member of the Executive Board. His technical work has included the development of silicon detectors, fast electronics and large software systems, as well as data analysis and pattern recognition. He has served in various roles in ATLAS, including as UK Physics Coordinator and chair of the Publications Committee.
Research
His primary research interests are in physics beyond the standard model of particle physics, with many publications on searches for supersymmetric particles and strong gravity processes in extra space dimensions. As Director of the Cambridge eScience Centre from 2001-2008, he was responsible for grid computing initiatives across the University, including projects in life sciences, earth sciences, medicine, physics, chemistry and engineering, all requiring the sharing of large computational and data resources. This has led to research interests outside of high energy physics, including computational radiotherapy, muon tomography and artificial photosynthesis.
