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Fabiola Gianotti

1960 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fabiola Gianotti is the 529th most popular physicist (down from 414th in 2019), the 2,944th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,173rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Italian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Fabiola Gianotti ranks 529 out of 851. Before her are Ole Worm, John Leslie, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, George Volkoff, Paul Davies, and Giovanni Poleni. After her are Heinz von Foerster, Leonid Mandelstam, Vikram Sarabhai, Gustave Trouvé, Maurice Karnaugh, and Leona Woods.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Fabiola Gianotti ranks 158. Before her are Mart Laar, Jürgen Schult, Richard Linklater, Merlene Ottey, Wayne Rainey, and Micheál Martin. After her are Mohammad Javad Zarif, Nobuyo Fujishiro, Omar Sharmarke, Adam Clayton, Peggy Whitson, and Jan Wouters.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Fabiola Gianotti ranks 2,944 out of 5,161. Before her are Gianfranco Fini (1952), Daniele Crespi (1598), Alexander of Constantinople (250), Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (-200), Galeazzo Alessi (1512), and David Rizzio (1533). After her are Romeo Benetti (1945), Fernando Tambroni (1901), Alessandro Tassoni (1565), Corrado Alvaro (1895), Gualtiero Bassetti (1942), and Francesco Molin (1575).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Italy

Among physicists born in Italy, Fabiola Gianotti ranks 26. Before her are Macedonio Melloni (1798), Augusto Righi (1850), Giovanni Aldini (1762), Nicola Cabibbo (1935), Edoardo Amaldi (1908), and Giovanni Poleni (1683). After her are Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716), Richard Mollier (1863), Giuseppe Occhialini (1907), Antonio Pacinotti (1841), Tullio Regge (1931), and Franco Rasetti (1901).

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