James Gillies

Foodie, Parent, Scientist, World traveler, Writer/Editor

I am head of communications at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. I hold a doctorate in physics from the University of Oxford, and began my research career working at CERN in the mid-1980s. In 1993, I left research to become Head of Science with the British Council in Paris. After managing the Council’s bilateral programme of scientific visits, exchanges, bursaries and cultural events for two years, I returned to CERN in 1995 as a science writer. I have been Head of the Organization’s communication group since 2003, and am co-author of ‘How the Web was Born’, a history of the Internet published in 2000 and described by the London Times as being among the year’s ten best books for inquisitive minds.

Science. Good books. Good food. Good wine. Mountains. Chocolate. Piers Island. Most of all, my kids.

No amount of applied R&D on candles will ever bring you an electric light.

Corporate Communications & Reputation Management, science writing, editing

making mince pies