Jim Brau is an academic expert in astronomy and particle physics. At the University of Oregon, Jim is the Philip H. Knight Professor of Natural Science and the director of the Center for High Energy Physics. His research is supported by the Office of Science of the Department of Energy and the Na...
Jim Brau is an academic expert in astronomy and particle physics. At the University of Oregon, Jim is the Philip H. Knight Professor of Natural Science and the director of the Center for High Energy Physics. His research is supported by the Office of Science of the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. Jim is a member of the ATLAS Collaboration, studying high energy physics at the Large Hadron Collider, and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, where he searches for gravitational waves at the LIGO Observatories. Jim can talk about the fundamentals of physics, federal funding for science research and the societal benefits of investment in basic research.