David Charlton

David Charlton
FRS FInstP
David Charlton FRS FInstP
	David Charlton at the Royal Society admissions day in 2014
Born	David George Charlton
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA); University of Birmingham (PhD);
Awards	Richard Glazebrook Medal and Prize (2017); Royal Society University Research Fellowship (1994);
	Scientific career
Fields	Particle physics; Electroweak Physics; ATLAS experiment; Trigger systems for Physics;
Institutions	CERN; University of Birmingham;
Thesis	A search for the top quark at the CERN proton-antiproton collider (1988)
Website	birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/physics/charlton-david.aspx

David George Charlton FRS FInstP is Professor of Particle Physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, UK. From 2013 to 2017, he served as Spokesperson (scientific head) of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Prior to becoming Spokesperson, he was Deputy Spokesperson for four years, and before that Physics Coordinator of ATLAS in the run-up to the start of collision data-taking.