birth_place image_size nationality workplaces field birth_date prizes image article_title name alma_mater
hampstead , london 250px 20px british king 's college london cern physics 01 july 1946 mayhew -lrb- 1982 -rrb- paul dirac medal and prize -lrb- 2005 prize -rrb- -lrb- 1968 -rrb- maxwell medal and prize johnellis.jpg john ellis -lrb- physicist -rrb-
 john ellis king 's college , cambridge
john ellis -lrb- physicist -rrb-

jonathan richard ellis cbe frs -lrb- born 1 july 1946 -rrb- is a british theoretical physicist who is currently clerk maxwell professor of theoretical physics at king 's college london .
after completing his secondary education at highgate school , he attended king 's college , cambridge , earning his ph.d. in theoretical -lrb- high-energy -rrb- particle physics in 1971 .
after brief post-doc positions at slac and caltech , he went to cern and has held an indefinite contract there since 1978 .
he was awarded the maxwell medal and the paul dirac prize by the institute of physics in 1982 and 2005 respectively , and is an elected fellow of the royal society of london since 1985 and of the institute of physics since 1991 .
he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the university of southampton , and twice won the first award in the gravity research foundation essay competition -lrb- in 1999 and 2005 -rrb- .
he is also honorary doctor at uppsala university .
ellis ' activities at cern are wide-ranging .
he was twice deputy division leader for the theory -lrb- `` th '' -rrb- division , and served as division leader for 1988 -- 1994 .
he was a founding member of the lepc and of the lhcc ; currently he is chair of the committee to investigate physics opportunities for future proton accelerators , and is a member of the extended clic -lrb- compact linear collider -rrb- steering committee .
ellis was appointed commander of the order of the british empire -lrb- cbe -rrb- in the 2012 birthday honours for services to science and technology .
