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ProfessorNigel Smith, FRS

Visiting Professor

Department of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences

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  • Visiting Professor
    Department of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences
  • 020 7594 7527 (Work)
  • 1106, Blackett Laboratory, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom

BIO

Dr. Nigel Smith is an astro-particle physicist, Executive Director of the TRIUMF particle accelerator centre in Vancouver, Canada, and Emeritus Executive Director of the SNOLAB deep underground science facility. Since 1992, Dr. Smith has been actively involved in the development and operation of deep underground detectors for dark matter and neutrino research and the associated infrastructures required.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Honorary Professor and Adjunct Professor
    University of Victoria, Physics, Victoria, Canada1 Oct 2025 - present
  • Fellow
    CIFAR, Toronto, Canada1 Nov 2018 - present
  • Fellow
    Royal Society, London, United Kingdom1 Jul 2025 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Executive Director and CEO
    TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada18 May 2021 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom1985 - 1990
  • BSc (hons)
    University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom1982 - 1985

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Natural Sciences

POSITION NAME

  • Visiting Professor

FIELDS OF RESEARCH