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Professor Tara Shears is an experimental particle physicist at the University of Liverpool, where she leads a research group focused on the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment at CERN. She has been a Professor of Physics since 2012 and has played a key role in advancing fundamental physics through precision studies of matter and forces.
Her research interests lie at the frontier of particle physics, particularly in testing the limits of the Standard Model. Her group conducts detailed investigations into heavy quark behavior, matter-antimatter asymmetry, and fundamental forces using data from high-energy collider experiments. They are also deeply involved in the design and construction of advanced particle detectors for future experiments.
Tara Shears has held numerous national and international leadership roles, including chairing the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s principal scientific strategic advisory board (2020–2023) and serving on fellowship panels for the Royal Society and UK Research and Innovation. She is committed to public engagement and science communication, regularly interacting with diverse audiences to promote understanding of physics.
She is recognized as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a distinction reflecting her significant contributions to the field.
Throughout her career, she has advised and mentored early-career researchers and contributed to major research grants supporting experimental particle physics in the UK. Her work is closely tied to international collaborations at CERN and Fermilab, and her research group is an active participant in the LHCb collaboration, contributing to both data analysis and detector development.
She leads an experimental particle physics group at the University of Liverpool that is embedded within the high-energy physics community, working at the intersection of theoretical prediction and experimental validation through cutting-edge instrumentation and data analysis.
