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Science brings nations together towards a common goal and our Organization welcomes many visitors and scientists every year from all over the world. Some stay for a seminar, others may remain for months or even years working on an experiment.
Cooperation between nations, universities and scientists is the driving force behind CERN’s research.
As of 2017, more than 17 500 people from around the world work together to push the limits of knowledge. CERN’s staff members, numbering around 2600, take part in the design, construction and operation of the research infrastructure. They also contribute to the preparation and operation of the experiments, as well as to the analysis of the data gathered for a vast community of users, comprising over 12 200 scientists of 110 nationalities, from institutes in more than 70 countries.
Anciens Directeurs généraux du CERN
2016-2020 |
Directrice générale : Fabiola Gianotti |
2009-2015 |
Directeur général : Rolf-Dieter Heuer |
2004-2008 |
Directeur général : Robert Aymar |
1999-2003 |
Directeur général : Luciano Maiani |
1994-1999 |
Directeur général : Christopher Llewellyn Smith |
1989-1994 |
Directeur général : Carlo Rubbia |
1981-1988 |
Directeur général : Herwig Schopper |
1976-1980 |
Directeur général pour la recherche : Léon Van Hove Directeur général exécutif : John Adams |
1971-1975 |
Directeur général du Laboratoire I à Meyrin (Suisse) : Willibald Jentschke Directeur général du Laboratoire II à Prévessin (France) : John Adams |
1966-1970 |
Directeur général : Bernard Gregory |
1961-1966 |
Directeur général : Victor Weisskopf |
1960-1961 |
Directeur général : John Adams |
1955-1960 |
Directeur général : Cornelis Bakker |
1954-1955 |
Directeur général : Felix Bloch |
1952-1954 |
Secrétaire général : Edoardo Amaldi |
Paolo Zanella came to the CERN computing group in 1962, just three years after the first computer had arrived. He later was head of the Data Handling Division for 13 years, before becoming professor at the University of Geneva.