AN Oxford professor who grew up in the North-East has joined Britain's scientific elite.
Professor Brian Foster, pictured, who is from Roddymoor, near Crook, County Durham, has been elected one of 44 members of the Royal Society, one of the world's most respected scientific academies.
The honour recognises his role as European regional director for the International Linear Collider, as well as his contribution to other projects.
He is head of the department of particle physics at Oxford University, was awarded an OBE in 2003, and is also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.
Professor Foster, 54, was head boy at Wolsingham School, in County Durham, where his physics teacher was the late Tom Musgrave. He graduated from Oxford with a PhD in physics in 1978 and has held several positions in UK universities.
Married with two sons, he lives in Somerset and keeps contact with the North-East through Durham University and by supporting Sunderland FC. He said: "I am deeply honoured. It is the highest honour in British science."
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