CERN said Wednesday that its
council has appointed Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti for a
second mandate as the Director-General of the European
Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN.
The 59-year-old Rome native, who participated in the
discovery of the Higgs boson, became the first woman to head the
lab when she started her first term in 2016.
"It's a great honour and privilege, but also a huge
responsibility," Gianotti told ANSA.
"We will continue to plumb the secrets of Nature".
Education, University and Research Minister Lorenzo
Fioramonti said Gianotti's confirmation "shows us the way for
the country's growth and competitiveness: more money for
research and more attention for the knowledge economy".
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