1. Nigel Stuart Lockyer was born on 5 November 1952 and is a British-American experimental particle physicist.
15 Facts About Nigel Lockyer
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Nigel Lockyer is the current director of the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based ScienceS and Education as of May 1,2023.
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Nigel Lockyer was the Director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, in Batavia, Illinois, the leading particle physics laboratory in the United States, from September 2013 to April 2022.
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Nigel Lockyer was born in Scotland, raised in Canada, and attended graduate school in the United States.
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Nigel Lockyer received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1975 from York University in Toronto, and in 1980 obtained his Ph.
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In 1984, Nigel Lockyer began his 23-year career as a physics faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania.
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From 2002 to 2004, Nigel Lockyer served as co-spokesperson for a 600-person international collaboration known as CDF, the Collider Detector at Fermilab experiment at the laboratory's Tevatron particle accelerator.
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Nigel Lockyer served as director of TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics from 2007 until 2013.
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Nigel Lockyer expanded the laboratory's operations, earning a reputation as a national leader and team-builder.
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Nigel Lockyer developed a strong working partnership among Canada's major science laboratories, expanded the number of member universities, and built international collaborations with Japan, India, China, and Korea.
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Nigel Lockyer began his tenure as director of Fermilab, America's premier laboratory for particle physics research, on September 3,2013.
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Nigel Lockyer is a fellow of the American Physical Society and is well known in the physics community for his work on the particle known as the bottom quark.
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In 2014 Nigel Lockyer received the Pinnacle Achievement Bryden Award from York University for achievement in his field.
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In May 2015, Nigel Lockyer received an honorary doctoral degree from Northern Illinois University.
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Nigel Lockyer was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to science and UK-US relations.