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Professor Niels Madsen is a Personal Chair in Physics at Swansea University, based at the Faculty of Science and Engineering. He leads the ALPHA collaboration at CERN, focusing on trapping and studying antihydrogen. His research explores fundamental physics through precision comparisons between antihydrogen and hydrogen, with a focus on quantum transitions and gravitational effects. Key highlights include the first antihydrogen trapping and spectroscopy, and leading roles in developing techniques for antihydrogen production and cooling.
Professor Madsen has been at Swansea since 2005 and holds affiliations with the School of Biosciences, Geography and Physics. His work has garnered awards such as the Royal Society Senior Leverhulme Fellowship (2010) and the James Dawson Award (2011), alongside being elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2015).
Research interests span antimatter physics, non-neutral plasmas, laser cooling, and precision spectroscopy. His publications include groundbreaking studies on antihydrogen’s gravitational behavior, hyperfine transitions, and trapping apparatus advancements. Current projects involve advancing antihydrogen spectroscopy and exploring novel trapping techniques.
Scientific awards include recognition for pioneering work in plasma physics and antimatter research. His collaboration with the ALPHA team has produced over 100 peer-reviewed articles, focusing on experimental physics at CERN.
Supervision activities include guiding PhD students in antihydrogen spectroscopy, laser-cooled ion techniques, and antihydrogen synthesis. Collaborations extend to CERN’s antimatter research groups and international teams in atomic physics.
