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Lyn Evans
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Lyndon Rees Evans
1945 (age 79–80) Aberdare, Wales
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| Nationality | Welsh |
| Alma mater | Swansea University |
| Awards | Fundamental Physics Prize (2012) |
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| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | CERN, Large Hadron Collider; Linear Collider Collaboration |
Lyndon Rees Evans was born in Wales in 1945. He is a very important scientist who led the team that built the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland. The LHC is the world's biggest and most powerful machine for studying tiny particles.
Lyn Evans worked at CERN, a famous science laboratory. After his work on the LHC, he became the director of the Linear Collider Collaboration in 2012. This group works on building the next generation of particle colliders, like the International Linear Collider. These machines help scientists learn more about the universe's smallest parts.
About Lyn Evans: His Early Life and Studies
Lyn Evans grew up in a place called Cwmbach near Aberdare in Wales. When he was young, he was interested in chemistry. He even started university studying chemistry. But he soon switched to physics because he found it easier and more exciting.
He went to Aberdare Boys' Grammar School, where his interest in physics grew. To get into university, he needed to pass a French exam. This was a bit tricky for him! But he managed to get into the University College of Swansea, which is now Swansea University. He graduated from there in 1970.
Lyn Evans first visited CERN in 1969. Later, he went back to CERN as a research fellow. This was the start of his amazing career there.
Building the Large Hadron Collider
In 1994, Lyn Evans started working on plans for a huge science project. This project would become the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The LHC is a massive machine, a bit like a giant race track for tiny particles. It's built underground at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland.
Lyn Evans was the main leader for the LHC project until 2008. His job was to make sure this incredibly complex machine was built and worked correctly. The LHC helps scientists smash tiny particles together at very high speeds. This allows them to see what happens and learn about the basic building blocks of everything around us.
In 2012, Lyn Evans was chosen to lead another big international project. This project aims to build a new type of particle accelerator called a linear collider. It will work alongside the LHC to help scientists discover even more about the universe.
Awards and Special Honours
Lyn Evans has received many awards for his important work in science. Here are some of them:
- In 1991, he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
- He was given the CBE award in 2001. This is a special honour from the Queen of England.
- In 2002, he became an honorary fellow of the University of Wales Swansea.
- He received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of South Wales in 2010.
- Also in 2010, he was chosen as a Fellow of the Royal Society. This is a very old and respected group of top scientists.
- In 2011, he became a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
- On December 11, 2012, he won the 2012 Special Fundamental Physics Prize. He received this award for leading the scientific effort that found the Higgs boson. The Higgs boson is a very important particle that helps explain why other particles have mass.
- In 2013, the Institute of Physics gave him the Glazebrook Medal. This was for his great leadership of the Large Hadron Collider Project.
- He also received the 2013 Special Breakthrough Prize for his leadership in finding the Higgs-like particle.
- In 2014, he received the IEEE Simon Ramo Medal. This was for his amazing leadership in building the Large Hadron Collider from start to finish.
- He received the Rolf Wideroe Prize in 2017.
