Edmund Copeland

Edmund Copeland
Edmund Copeland
Born	Edmund J. Copeland
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Newcastle University
Known for	Science outreach; Sixty Symbols;
Awards	Wolfson Research Merit Award; Rayleigh Medal and Prize (2013);
	Scientific career
Fields	Particle Cosmology;
Institutions	University of Sussex; University of Nottingham;
Thesis	Quantum aspects of Kaluza-Klein cosmologies (1985)
Doctoral advisor	Paul Davies
Website	nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/ed.copeland

Edmund "Ed" J. Copeland (/ˈkoʊplənd/) is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and professor of physics working in the Faculty of Science at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. Copeland won the 2013 Rayleigh Medal and Prize awarded by the Institute of Physics for his work on particle/string cosmology. He obtained his PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1985, with a thesis entitled "Quantum aspects of Kaluza-Klein cosmologies".

Copeland is well known for his appearances on the physics-popularizing YouTube channel Sixty Symbols, as well as the mathematics-popularizing channel Numberphile.