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Fabiola Gianotti To Take Over As CERN Director-General

Posted by samzenpus on from the who's-in-charge dept.

somegeekynick writes "The public face of the ATLAS experiment at CERN which co-discovered the the Higgs-like boson in 2012, Fabiola Gianotti, 52, has been chosen as the next Director-General of the particle physics lab. She'll become the first woman to hold the position. The 5-year term begins on Jan 1, 2016."

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  1. Hope she is successful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    this is like the most prestigious post a female scientist has had, in the physical sciences. I knew one of the previous directors, and he was very laid back, I think she'll do fine.