Fabiola Gianotti
Italian physicist
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| January 1 2021 | Started her second five-year term as Director-General of CERN, continuing to lead the organization until 2025. |
| September 2020 | Named an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Pope Francis. |
| February 2020 | Awarded the Bruno Pontecorvo Prize (for 2019). |
| 2019 | Elected as a Member of the American Philosophical Society. |
| 2019 | Selected by the CERN Council for a second term as Director-General, making history as the first CERN Director-General to be appointed for a full second term. |
| 2018 | Listed as one of the BBC's 100 Women. |
| 2018 | Elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS). |
| January 1 2016 | Began her first mandate as Director-General of CERN, becoming the first woman to hold this prestigious position. |
| December 2014 | Awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by President Giorgio Napolitano. |
| 2013 | Included among the 'Top 100 most influential women' by Forbes magazine and 'Leading Global Thinkers' by Foreign Policy magazine. |
| 2013 | Became an honorary professor at the University of Edinburgh and featured in the documentary film 'Particle Fever' about work at the Large Hadron Collider. |
| November 2013 | Awarded the Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour. |
| September 2013 | Awarded the Enrico Fermi Prize of the Italian Physical Society. |
| 2012 | Ranked fifth in Time magazine's 'Personality of the Year' and runner-up for 'Person of the Year'. |
| December 2012 | Received the Gold Medal ('Ambrogino d'oro') from the municipality of Milan. |
| December 2012 | Awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for her leadership role in the Higgs boson discovery. |
| 2011 | Included among the 'Top 100 most inspirational women' by The Guardian newspaper. |
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