| Brian Foster | |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Roddymoor |
| Citizenship: | UK |
| Fields: | Particle physics |
| Workplaces: | Oxford University Bristol University Hamburg University |
| Education: | D.Phil. (1978) |
| Alma Mater: | Oxford University |
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| Awards: | Max Born Prize (2003) OBE (2003) |
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Brian Foster (born 4 January 1954 in Roddymoor, Crook, Co. Durham) is a British experimental particle physicist. He is Donald H. Perkins Professor of Experimental Physics at the department of physics, University of Oxford,[1] and formerly Alexander von Humboldt Professor at the University of Hamburg.[2] [3] He was leading scientist at DESY where his research topics include new methods of acceleration, deep inelastic scattering using the ZEUS particle detector, and the International Linear Collider.[3]
Foster was awarded a Humboldt Research Award in 1998 and both the Max Born Prize and the Order of the British Empire in 2003. He was selected for an Alexander von Humboldt professorship in 2011.[4] Foster was elected to the Royal Society in 2008.[5] He served as a Vice-President of the Royal Society in 2018 and was elected Honorary Fellow of the UK Institute of Physics in 2020.[6]