ATLAS Collaboration Members in Discussion
A group of ATLAS physicists in the Ohio State University office discussing a proton collision event display. (Image: CERN)
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Our People

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.
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Technicians working inside the CMS detector in 2008 (Image: CERN)

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 2500, 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.

Biographies

Fabiola Gianotti

Director-General

Frédérick Bordry

Director for Accelerators and Technology

Eckhard Elsen

Director for Research and Computing

Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle

Director for International Relations

Martin Steinacher

Director for Finance and Human Resources
Coming to CERN as a young graduate student changed my life. I met the best people, worked with leading scientists and spent the most memorable months of my life there. My experience at CERN had a huge impact on my career and I am now a member of the Lindau Nobel Laureates Meetings.

— Dr Akashrup Banerjee, post-doctoral fellow with the FAIR accelerator project at GSI in Germany
2011 CERN summer student • alumni.cern