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John Morris

Name: John Morris

Age: 28

Project: ATLAS

Position: Research Associate

Institution: Queen Mary, University of London

Nationality: British

Favourite IT technology: WiFi - wires are so messy

What's your role within grid computing?
	Physics analysis of simulated ATLAS data, and one day, real ATLAS data.


What did you study at university?
	Physics

What did you want to be at school?
	Football player, but that was never going to work out.

What are the highlights of your job?
	The Physics. It's varied, interesting work and full of challenges.

What are the lowlights of your job?
	Some of the challenges are quite hard.

What do you do when you're not at work?
	Spend time with my wife and our friends. I like the theatre, restaurants and pubs. I'm looking forward to taking up skiing in Geneva.

What are your goals for the next year?
	Move to Geneva and hopefully look at some real ATLAS data.

Would you encourage your children to get in to grid and IT?
	Yes.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
	I'll never grow up.