Fabiola Gianotti
Fabiola Gianotti
Fabiola Gianottiis an Italian particle physicist and the Director-General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Her mandate began on 1 January 2016 and runs for a period of five years. She is the first woman to hold the position of CERN Director-General...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPhysicist
Date of Birth29 October 1960
CountryItaly
Fabiola Gianotti quotes about
centre concrete cooperation cradle example excellence peace physicists pride scientific shining source technology
CERN is a centre of scientific excellence and a source of pride and inspiration for physicists from all over the world, a cradle for technology and innovation, and a shining concrete example of scientific cooperation and peace.
standards incomplete quarks
The top quark was discovered in 1995 and since then the Higgs has become an because the standard model was incomplete with out it.
dark
Dark matter is everywhere. In this room. Everywhere.
eye ignorance dark
When we look at the universe, what we see by eye or with our telescopes is only five percent of the universe. The rest, 95 percent is dark. Dark meaning, first of all, not visible to our instrument. Second, dark also indicates our ignorance. We don't know what's the composition of this part of the universe.
science environment grew
I grew up in environment that had more women in science.
seven string-theory just-listen
String theories, for instance, they require seven additional dimensions. So, as experimentalists we should, with our high-tech instruments like the Large Hadron Collider, just listen to nature and to what nature wants to tell us.
music beautiful nature
I like the beauty of physics, nature is beautiful, it is my second soul to music.
dream determination motivation
Believe in your dreams and ideals and pursue them with determination and motivation. Always find the time to do something for other people. Indeed, there is nothing more rewarding than making someone else happy.
dream funny-inspirational regret
Never abandon your dreams. You may regret it for the rest of your life.
In the big experiments, Atlas and CMS, we have something like 3,000 scientists each, and over 60 nationalities.
answers discovery hands hints hope nature ticked
With the discovery of the Higgs boson, one of the questions has been ticked off the list, but there are many others. We hope that we can find answers or hints for answers to at least some of them. But of course, this is in the hands of nature.
age laboratory open religion sex totally
Our laboratory is a place that celebrates diversity and is totally open to all differences, not just sex but also age, ethnicity, religion and other traditions.
continues education efforts ensuring fields focused leading role scientists technology unites
My efforts are focused on ensuring that CERN maintains a leading role in the fields of science, technology and education, and that it continues to be a place that unites scientists from around the world.
accounts answers mission nor open point quarter scientific seek
From a scientific point of view, our mission is to seek answers to the fundamental questions about the universe. Many are open - we don't know about dark matter, which accounts for a quarter of the universe's matter, nor do we know why there's antimatter.