CERN Names First Woman to Lead Nuclear Research Center
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Fabiola Gianotti became one of the world’s most prominent scientists today as CERN named her the first woman to head the Geneva-based nuclear research center that discovered the Higgs boson particle.
Gianotti, a 54-year-old Italian physicist who contributed to that discovery, will replace Director General Rolf-Dieter Heuer, 66, who is retiring as of 2016, the European Organization for Nuclear Research said on its website. The group, known by the French acronym CERN, picked Gianotti from three candidates.