Who is Professor Brian Cox’s wife Gia Milinovich and what band was he in?
AFTER switching from a pop career to becoming a professor, Brian Cox has become the go to man when it comes to physics.
But he's not the only brainbox in his family, as his wife is also famous in the world of science too.
Who is Professor Brian Cox's wife Gia Milinovich?
Professor Brian Cox is happily married to wife Gia Milinovich, who is a US science presenter.
The couple, who live in London's Battersea, have been married since 2003.
She has said her initial attraction to Brian began when she saw he had a CERN email address.
The pair have a son called George together, and Gia has another son called Moki from a previous relationship.
Was Professor Brian Cox in band D:Ream?
Born in Oldham, Lancashire on March 3, 1968, a young Brian was into hobbies like bus spotting and dancing, before Carl Sagan's book Cosmos got him on to physics.
However, he got a D in his Maths A-Level - and his first major pursuit in life was music.
Brian played keyboard with the rock band Dare from 1988 to 1991, and released two albums with them.
After this he joined 90s band D:Ream as a keyboardist, and their biggest hit was Things Can Only Get Better.
The cheery pop song was used as the New Labour election anthem.
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Brian played with D:Ream before studying for his PhD and briefly returned to provide some keyboard work on their 2011 album In Memory Of.
With a PhD in high-energy particle physicals from Manchester, which he got while studying the Hadron Elektron Ring Anlage in Germany, Cox entered the world of science proper in the early noughties.
What TV shows has he appeared in?
Brian's television career began in 2005 when he began presenting episodes of Horizon on the BBC, with titles like Can We Make A Star On Earth? and What On Earth Is Wrong With Gravity?.
Then, after hosting a one-off show about the Hadron Collider called The Big Bang Machine in 2008, he got his own series.
Wonders Of The Solar System was so popular with BBC viewers in 2010 it got 2011 sequel series Wonders Of The Universe.
This led to numerous other TV presenting projects including Stargazing Live, The Horizon Guide: Moon, In Search Of Science and Wonders Of Life.
He also played himself on a 2012 episode of Doctor Who - and then hosted a 2013 show called The Science Of Doctor Who.
Brian has also presented BBC shows Human Universe, Forces Of Nature, The Entire Universe, and Brian Cox: Seven Days On Mars.
Across the pond, he has hosted the ABC series, Life Of A Universe.