
Jim Al-Khalili
personal-info
known-for
Acting
gender
Male
birthday
1962-09-20
place-of-birth
Baghdad, Iraq
also-known-as
Professor Jim Al-Khalili
biography
Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili (Arabic: جميل صادق الخليلي; born September 20, 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist and science populariser. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey. He is a regular broadcaster and presenter of science programmes on BBC radio and television, and a frequent commentator about science in other British media.