Nigel Lockyer
Particle physicist, Fermilab director / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nigel Stuart Lockyer OBE (born 5 November 1952) is a British-American experimental particle physicist. He is the current director of the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based ScienceS and Education (CLASSE) as of May 1, 2023. He was the Director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), in Batavia, Illinois, the leading particle physics laboratory in the United States, from September 2013 to April 2022.
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Born | Nigel Stuart Lockyer (1952-11-05) November 5, 1952 (age 71) |
Nationality | American, British |
Alma mater | York University, Ohio State University |
Awards | Panofsky Prize (2006), American Physical Society Fellowship, and Bryden Award (2014) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics (high-energy particle physics) |
Institutions | Fermilab |
Prior to becoming Fermilab's Director, Lockyer served as Director of TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, from May 2007 to September 2013, and was a Professor of Physics at the University of British Columbia and University of Pennsylvania. He was born in Scotland, raised in Canada, and attended graduate school in the United States.