Fabiola Gianotti is the first woman to head CERN – Heraldo.es

The European Organization Nuclear (CERN) Research has elected Tuesday to the Italian Physical Fabiola Gianotti and CEO the first woman to hold this post.

As reported by the agency, the appointment will be formalized at the meeting that the CERN Council held in December and will begin operation in January 2015, for a period of five years .

The President of the Council, Agnieszka Zalewska , explained that the election occurred after meeting “ Gianotti’s vision for future of CERN as an accelerator laboratory leader in the world. ” It has also reviewed “deep knowledge” of research about CERN and the field of physics of experimental particle with which it works.

The new CEO has stated that “is a great honor and responsibility “ have been chosen and stated that” CERN is a center of excellence , and a source of pride and inspiration for physicists around the world. ”
 “CERN is a hotbed of technology and innovation, a source of knowledge and education as well as a shining example of the scientific cooperation worldwide. It is the combination of these assets provided CERN making it in the place where the best scientists and better people are, “he added.

Similarly, is” fully committed “to” CERN maintain excellence in all attributes , with the help of everyone, including the Council of CERN staff and users around the world. “

Gianotti was leader of the ATLAS experiment Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a collaboration that began in March 2009 and ended in February 2013. During this period s e announced the discovery of the long-awaited Higgs boson, awarded the Nobel Prize for his theoretical discoverers François Englert and Peter Higgs. In addition, the researcher is a member of several international committees , and has received numerous prestigious awards.

Anyone who has been CEO of the agency in recent years, Rolf Heuer, has ensured that Gianotti “is an excellent choice” and acknowledged that “ has been a pleasure working with her for many years” and he is confident that “CERN will be in good hands” under his leadership.