Fabiola Gianotti

Fabiola Gianotti
Fabiola Gianotti
	Fabiola Gianotti at CERN in December 2015
Born	29 October 1960; Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	University of Milan
Known for	ATLAS experiment; First female CERN Director-General; Higgs boson discovery;
Awards	Special Fundamental Physics Prize (2012); Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (2015); Wilhelm Exner Medal (2017); Bruno Pontecorvo Prize (2019);
	Scientific career
Fields	Particle physics

Fabiola Gianotti (Italian: [faˈbiːola dʒaˈnɔtti]; born 29 October 1960) is an Italian experimental particle physicist who is the current and first woman Director-General at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland. Her first mandate began on 1 January 2016 and ran for a period of five years. At its 195th Session in 2019, the CERN Council selected Gianotti for a second term as Director-General. Her second five-year term began on 1 January 2021 and goes on until 2025. This is the first time in CERN's history that a Director-General has been appointed for a full second term.

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