The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has announced the election of Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Prof. Eliezer Rabinovici as its 24th president – the first one from Israel.

Rabinovici will be taking over from Dr. Ursula Bassler, who will conclude her term at the end of 2021.

“Professor Rabinovici is a brilliant theorist in the most advanced fields of research,” said Bassler. I am confident that the Council is welcoming an excellent president, whose concern for science is of the utmost importance.”

Rabinovici received his PhD in high-energy physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1974 before working as a research associate at Fermilab and at Lawrence Berkeley Radiation Laboratory in the United States.

“CERN is a special place where science and collaboration meet to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the world we live in,” said Rabinovici.