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'''Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS}} ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਤਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਵਿਰਦੀ, born 13 October 1952), is ana [[Kenya]]n-born British [[Experimental physics|experimental particle physicist]] and Professor of Physics at [[Imperial College London]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Imperial College Reference|url=http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/t.virdee}}</ref> He is best known for originating the concept of the [[Compact Muon Solenoid]] (CMS) with a few other colleagues and has been referred to as one of the 'founding fathers' <ref>{{cite news|title=CERN Courier Article: Inside story: the search in CMS for the Higgs boson|url=http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/50566|access-date=7 December 2012|newspaper=CERN Courier}}</ref> of the project. [[Compact Muon Solenoid|CMS]] is a world-wide collaboration which started in 1991 and now has over 3500 participants from 45 countries.

Virdee was elected Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]<ref name="Fellow of the Royal Society">{{cite web|title=Fellow of the Royal Society|url=http://royalsociety.org/people/tejinder-virdee/}}</ref> and of the [[Institute of Physics]] (IOP) in 2012. In recognition of his work on [[Compact Muon Solenoid|CMS]] he has been awarded the IOP High Energy Particle Physics group prize (2007)<ref name="2007 HEPP Prize">{{cite web|title=2007 HEPP Prize|url=http://www.iop.org/activity/groups/subject/hepp/prize/group/page_40779.html|access-date=7 December 2012}}</ref> and the IOP [[Chadwick Medal and Prize]] (2009).<ref name="IOP: 2009 Chadwick Medal citation">{{cite web|title=Chadwick Medal|url=http://www.iop.org/about/awards/subject/chadwick/medallists/page_38531.html}}</ref> In 2012, he was awarded the 2013 [[Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics|Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics]]