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	=== Publications ===		=== Publications ===
	Gianotti is the author or co-author of more than 500 publications in [[peer review]]ed scientific journals.<ref ~~name=hep~~>~~{{INSPIRE-HEP author}}~~</ref> She has given more than 30 invited plenary talks at the major international conferences in the field.{{citation needed\|date=February 2019}}		Gianotti is the author or co-author of more than 500 publications in [[peer review]]ed scientific journals.<ref>https://inspirehep.net/authors/1008441</ref> She has given more than 30 invited plenary talks at the major international conferences in the field.{{citation needed\|date=February 2019}}

	Some of her most notable publications include "Observation of a New Particle in the Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC", where CERN presented the Higgs boson observation,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=The ATLAS Collaboration\|date=31 August 2012\|title=Observation of a New Particle in the Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC\|journal=European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern)\|volume=716\|issue=1\|pages=1–29\|arxiv=1207.7214\|doi=10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.020\|bibcode=2012PhLB..716....1A\| s2cid=119169617 }}</ref> "Searches for supersymmetry at high-energy colliders: the past, the present and the future" in the IOP Science, New Journal of Physics,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Gianotti\|first=Fabiola\|date=August 2002\|title=Searches for supersymmetry at high-energy colliders: the past, the present and the future\|journal=New Journal of Physics\|language=en\|volume=4\|issue=1\|pages=63\|doi=10.1088/1367-2630/4/1/363\|bibcode=2002NJPh....4...63G\|issn=1367-2630\|doi-access=free}}</ref> and "Calorimetry for particle physics" in the [[American Physical Society\|APS]] Physics Journal.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Fabjan\|first1=Christian W.\|last2=Gianotti\|first2=Fabiola\|date=15 October 2003\|title=Calorimetry for particle physics\|journal=Reviews of Modern Physics\|volume=75\|issue=4\|pages=1243–1286\|doi=10.1103/RevModPhys.75.1243\|bibcode=2003RvMP...75.1243F\|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/692252}}</ref>		Some of her most notable publications include "Observation of a New Particle in the Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC", where CERN presented the Higgs boson observation,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=The ATLAS Collaboration\|date=31 August 2012\|title=Observation of a New Particle in the Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC\|journal=European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern)\|volume=716\|issue=1\|pages=1–29\|arxiv=1207.7214\|doi=10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.020\|bibcode=2012PhLB..716....1A\| s2cid=119169617 }}</ref> "Searches for supersymmetry at high-energy colliders: the past, the present and the future" in the IOP Science, New Journal of Physics,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Gianotti\|first=Fabiola\|date=August 2002\|title=Searches for supersymmetry at high-energy colliders: the past, the present and the future\|journal=New Journal of Physics\|language=en\|volume=4\|issue=1\|pages=63\|doi=10.1088/1367-2630/4/1/363\|bibcode=2002NJPh....4...63G\|issn=1367-2630\|doi-access=free}}</ref> and "Calorimetry for particle physics" in the [[American Physical Society\|APS]] Physics Journal.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Fabjan\|first1=Christian W.\|last2=Gianotti\|first2=Fabiola\|date=15 October 2003\|title=Calorimetry for particle physics\|journal=Reviews of Modern Physics\|volume=75\|issue=4\|pages=1243–1286\|doi=10.1103/RevModPhys.75.1243\|bibcode=2003RvMP...75.1243F\|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/692252}}</ref>
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{{short description|Italian physicist, director general of the European Council for Nuclear Research}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Fabiola Gianotti
| image = Dr Fabiola Gianotti.jpg
| caption = Gianotti in 2015
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|10|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rome, Italy
| death_date =
| death_place =
| fields = [[Particle physics]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Milan]]
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = {{Plainlist|
* [[ATLAS experiment]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lecb.physics.lsa.umich.edu/wl/atlas/events/200810-startup/20081004-umwlcd0010-182703/realaudio/f001.htm |title=ATLAS - "The physics dream", Fabiola Gianotti, Oct 2008 (UMich Web Lecture Archive Project) |access-date=5 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034620/http://lecb.physics.lsa.umich.edu/wl/atlas/events/200810-startup/20081004-umwlcd0010-182703/realaudio/f001.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* First female [[CERN]] Director-General
* [[Higgs boson]] discovery}}
| awards = {{Plainlist|
* [[Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics|Special Fundamental Physics Prize]] (2012)
* [[Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences]] (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20035876.html|title=Fabiola Gianotti|website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref>
* [[Wilhelm Exner Medal]] (2017)
* [[Bruno Pontecorvo Prize]] (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jinr.ru/posts/pontecorvo-prize-for-2019/|title=Pontecorvo Prize for 2019}}</ref>}}
}}

'''Fabiola Gianotti''' ({{IPA|it|faˈbiːola dʒaˈnɔtti|lang}}; born 29 October 1960) is an Italian experimental [[particle physicist]] who served as [[Director general|Director-General]] of the [[CERN|European Organization for Nuclear Research]] (CERN) from 2016 to 2026.

== Early life and education ==
From an early age, Gianotti was interested in nature and the world around her. Her mother, from Sicily, encouraged Gianotti in the fine arts. Her father, an acclaimed [[geologist]] from Piedmont, encouraged her early love of learning and encouraged her scientific interests.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.humans-of-science.org/single-post/2018/01/30/Doctor-Fabiola-Gianotti-on-being-the-first-female-director-of-the-greatest-fundamental-science-experiment-on-earth|title=Humans of Science (HoS) {{!}} Single Post|website=Humans of Science (HoS)|language=en|access-date=17 July 2018|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717212730/https://www.humans-of-science.org/single-post/2018/01/30/Doctor-Fabiola-Gianotti-on-being-the-first-female-director-of-the-greatest-fundamental-science-experiment-on-earth|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 November 2014 |title=Fabiola Gianotti: woman with the key to the secrets of the universe {{!}} Observer profile |url=http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/nov/09/fabiola-gianotti-new-director-general-cern |access-date=29 March 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

Gianotti found her passion for [[scientific research]] after reading a biography of [[Marie Curie]]. Previously, she had studied the [[humanities]], focusing on music and philosophy at the [[Liceo classico]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/nov/09/fabiola-gianotti-new-director-general-cern|title=Fabiola Gianotti: woman with the key to the secrets of the universe {{!}} Observer profile|last=McKie|first=Robin|date=9 November 2014|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> Gianotti received a PhD in experimental particle physics from the Physics department of the [[University of Milan]] in 1989.<ref name=PassionPiano>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/science/fabiola-gianotti-physics-cern.html |title=A Celebrated Physicist With a Passion for Music - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=7 March 2018 |access-date=20 April 2019|last1=Sciolino |first1=Elaine }}</ref>

== Life and career ==

=== Academic and professional career ===

Since 1996, Gianotti has worked at [[CERN]], starting with a fellowship and continuing to become a full-time research physicist. In 2009 she was promoted to project leader and Spokesperson of the [[ATLAS experiment|ATLAS Collaboration]]. She also worked on the [[WA70 experiment|WA70]], [[UA2 experiment|UA2]] and [[ALEPH experiment|ALEPH]] experiments at CERN, where she was involved in detector development, software development and data analysis. In 2016 she was elected to be the first female Director-General of CERN. She has since been reappointed for a second term, which will end in 2025.<ref name="reelection">{{cite web |date=6 November 2019 |title=CERN Council appoints Fabiola Gianotti for second term of office as CERN Director General |url=https://home.cern/news/press-release/cern/cern-council-appoints-fabiola-gianotti-second-term-office-cern-director |access-date=16 March 2020 |website=CERN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://home.cern/about/who-we-are/our-people/biographies/fabiola-gianotti-born-1960-italian|title=Fabiola Gianotti (born in 1960) {{!}} CERN|website=home.cern|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>

She has been a member of several international committees, such as the Scientific Council of the [[Centre national de la recherche scientifique|CNRS]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dgdr.cnrs.fr/bo/2006/02-06/comi-bo0206-adu29-11-2005.htm|title=Arrêté du 29 novembre 2005 portant nomination au conseil scientifique du Centre national de la recherche scientifique|website=CNRS|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831134926/http://www.dgdr.cnrs.fr/bo/2006/02-06/comi-bo0206-adu29-11-2005.htm|archive-date=31 August 2015|access-date=31 August 2015}}</ref> in France, the Physics Advisory Committee of [[Fermilab]] in the US, the Council of the [[European Physical Society]], the Scientific Council of the [[DESY]] Laboratory<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=http://www.sab-2014-berlin.de/scientific-advisory-board/mitglieder/|title=The members of the Scientific Advisory Board|publisher=German Commission for UNESCO|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321020622/http://www.sab-2014-berlin.de/scientific-advisory-board/mitglieder/|archive-date=21 March 2014|access-date=31 August 2015}}</ref> in Germany, and the Scientific Advisory Committee of [[NIKHEF]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nikhef.nl/en/about-nikhef/background-information/organisation-structure/scientific-advisory-committee-sac/|title=Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)|website=NIKHEF|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831142307/https://www.nikhef.nl/en/about-nikhef/background-information/organisation-structure/scientific-advisory-committee-sac/|archive-date=31 August 2015|access-date=31 August 2015}}</ref> in the Netherlands. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board<ref name=":4" /> of the UN Secretary-General. She was elected a Foreign Member of the [[Royal Society]] (ForMemRS) in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2018/05/distinguished-scientists-elected-fellows-royal-society-2018/|title=Distinguished scientists elected as Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society |publisher=The Royal Society|date=9 May 2018|access-date=10 May 2018 }}</ref>

Gianotti is also a member of the Italian Academy of Sciences ([[Accademia dei Lincei|Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei]]),{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} a foreign associate member of the [[National Academy of Sciences|US National Academy of Sciences]] and foreign associate of the [[French Academy of Sciences]]. She was also elected a Member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 2019. Since 2013, she is an honorary professor at the [[University of Edinburgh]].<ref name="ProfEd">{{cite web|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/staff/appointments-awards/2013/fabiola-gianotti-260813|title=Honorary Professor: Fabiola Gianotti|website=University of Edinburgh|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828143732/http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/staff/appointments-awards/2013/fabiola-gianotti-260813|archive-date=28 August 2015|access-date=28 August 2015}}</ref> She is associated with the Experimental Particle Physics Group in the [[School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh|School of Physics and Astronomy]]<ref name="ProfEd"/> and also a member of the International Advisory Committee of the [[peter Higgs|Higgs]] Centre for Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh.<ref name="ProfEd"/>

Gianotti also appeared in the 2013 documentary film ''[[Particle Fever]]'' about work at the [[Large Hadron Collider]] at CERN.

Gianotti is a member of the Board of Trustees of the [[World Economic Forum]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leadership and Governance - World Economic Forum |url=https://www.weforum.org/about/leadership-and-governance/}}</ref>

Gianotti was appointed{{When|date=January 2026}} Director-General of CERN for a five-year term beginning on 1 January 2016, making her the first woman to hold the position.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fabiola Gianotti signs her contract as CERN's new Director-General |url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/1976432 |access-date=28 August 2015 |website=CERN Bulletin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Castelvecchi |first1=Davide |year=2014 |title=Higgs hunter will be CERN's first female director: Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti will take the reins at the European physics powerhouse in 2016. |journal=Nature |doi=10.1038/nature.2014.16287 |s2cid=124442791 |doi-access=free}}</ref> At its 195th Session in 2019, the CERN Council selected Gianotti for a second term as Director-General. This is the first time in CERN's history that a Director-General has been appointed for a full second term.<ref name="reelection" />

=== Higgs boson discovery ===
During Gianotti's time as project leader and spokesperson of ATLAS, the experiment was one of two involved in the observation of the [[Higgs boson]]. On 4 July 2012 Gianotti announced the discovery of the particle. Until the observation, the Higgs boson was a purely theoretical part of the [[Standard Model]] of particle physics. Gianotti's deep understanding of the ATLAS experiment, and her leadership, were recognised as major factors in the discovery.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url = http://www.iop.org/about/awards/hon_fellowship/hon_fellows/page_68416.html|title = Dr Fabiola Gianotti, CERN|access-date = 3 May 2017|website = IOP Institute of Physics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://cds.cern.ch/record/1734377?ln=en|title = ATLAS makes a smooth changeover at the top|access-date = 28 August 2015|website = CERN Courier}}</ref>

=== Publications ===
Gianotti is the author or co-author of more than 500 publications in [[peer review]]ed scientific journals.<ref name=hep>{{INSPIRE-HEP author}}</ref> She has given more than 30 invited plenary talks at the major international conferences in the field.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Some of her most notable publications include "Observation of a New Particle in the Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC", where CERN presented the Higgs boson observation,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=The ATLAS Collaboration|date=31 August 2012|title=Observation of a New Particle in the Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC|journal=European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern)|volume=716|issue=1|pages=1–29|arxiv=1207.7214|doi=10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.020|bibcode=2012PhLB..716....1A| s2cid=119169617 }}</ref> "Searches for supersymmetry at high-energy colliders: the past, the present and the future" in the IOP Science, New Journal of Physics,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gianotti|first=Fabiola|date=August 2002|title=Searches for supersymmetry at high-energy colliders: the past, the present and the future|journal=New Journal of Physics|language=en|volume=4|issue=1|pages=63|doi=10.1088/1367-2630/4/1/363|bibcode=2002NJPh....4...63G|issn=1367-2630|doi-access=free}}</ref> and "Calorimetry for particle physics" in the [[American Physical Society|APS]] Physics Journal.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fabjan|first1=Christian W.|last2=Gianotti|first2=Fabiola|date=15 October 2003|title=Calorimetry for particle physics|journal=Reviews of Modern Physics|volume=75|issue=4|pages=1243–1286|doi=10.1103/RevModPhys.75.1243|bibcode=2003RvMP...75.1243F|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/692252}}</ref>

=== Work environment ===
{{See also|Women in science}}
Gianotti had to push past barriers to be successful in a male dominated field. In the European scientific community, for every one woman, there are two men. Only 20% of the team that worked on the ATLAS project were women.<ref name=":0" /> Gianotti was the first female Director-General of CERN, and she led two of the largest [[CERN]] experiments in 2012. She insists that she has never faced discrimination because of her gender, saying "I cannot say myself that I ever felt discriminated against ... Perhaps I was but I didn't realize it." Gianotti is helping break down barriers the male-dominated field created for aspiring [[Women in science|female scientists]].<ref name=PassionPiano/> She specifically wants to give women more support when having children. She feels that she was never given enough support, and for this reason, never had children, a decision she now regrets.<ref name=":0" />

=== Honours and awards ===
Gianotti was included among the 'Top 100 most inspirational women' by ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper in 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/mar/08/fabiola-gianotti-100-women |title=Top 100 women: science and medicine |access-date=28 August 2015 |website=Guardian News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416061313/http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/mar/08/fabiola-gianotti-100-women |archive-date=16 April 2015 }}</ref> ranked fifth in [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine's]] 'Personality of the Year' in 2012, was the runner-up for ''Time'' magazine's 'Person of the Year' in the same year,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://poy.time.com/2012/12/19/runner-up-fabiola-gianotti-the-discoverer/ |title=Runner-Up: Fabiola Gianotti, the Discoverer |access-date=28 August 2015 |magazine=Time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321211606/http://poy.time.com/2012/12/19/runner-up-fabiola-gianotti-the-discoverer/ |archive-date=21 March 2015 }}</ref> was included among the 'Top 100 most influential women' by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine in 2013,<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/fabiola-gianotti/ |title=#83 Fabiola Gianotti |access-date=28 August 2015 |website=Forbes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531154622/http://www.forbes.com/profile/fabiola-gianotti/ |archive-date=31 May 2015 }}</ref> and was considered among the 'Leading Global Thinkers of 2013' by [[Foreign Policy|''Foreign Policy'' magazine]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2013-global-thinkers.foreignpolicy.com/gianotti |title=François Englert, Peter Higgs, and Fabiola Gianotti |access-date=28 August 2015 |website=The FP Group |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828134143/http://2013-global-thinkers.foreignpolicy.com/gianotti |archive-date=28 August 2015 }}</ref>

She has received honorary doctoral degrees from the [[University of Uppsala]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uu.se/nyheter/nyhet-visning/?id=1471&area=2,3,16&typ=pm&na=&lang=sv |title=Teknik och naturvetenskap utser hedersdoktorer |access-date=31 August 2015 |website=uu.se |publisher=Uppsala universitet |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831085209/https://www.uu.se/nyheter/nyhet-visning/?id=1471&area=2,3,16&typ=pm&na=&lang=sv |archive-date=31 August 2015 }}</ref> [[École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne|École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-awards-fabiola-gianotti-honorary-doctorate/ |title=EPFL awards Fabiola Gianotti honorary doctorate |access-date=31 August 2015 |publisher=EPFL |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021145333/http://actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-awards-fabiola-gianotti-honorary-doctorate/ |archive-date=21 October 2013 }}</ref> [[McGill University]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/14-individuals-receive-honorary-degree-mcgill-235514 |title=14 individuals to receive honorary degree from McGill |access-date=31 August 2015 |publisher=McGill University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814065008/http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/14-individuals-receive-honorary-degree-mcgill-235514 |archive-date=14 August 2014 }}</ref> [[Oslo University]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mn.uio.no/fysikk/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/fabiola-gianotti.html |publisher=UiO, Dep. of Phys. |access-date=31 August 2015 |title=Fabiola Gianotti: The Higgs boson and our life |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100347/http://www.mn.uio.no/fysikk/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/fabiola-gianotti.html |archive-date=26 June 2015 }}</ref> [[University of Edinburgh]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-degrees/2014-15 |title=Honorary graduates 2014/15 |access-date=31 August 2015 |publisher=The University of Edinburgh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831110251/http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-degrees/2014-15 |archive-date=31 August 2015 }}</ref> [[University of Naples Federico II]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.primapagina.sif.it/article/796/fabiola-gianotti-dottore-di-ricerca-in-fisica#.Wzvfg3Vub7N|title=Fabiola Gianotti dottore di ricerca in Fisica dell'Ateneo fridericiano|website=www.primapagina.sif.it|access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref> [[University of Chicago]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://convocation.uchicago.edu/page/2010|title=Honorary Degrees 2010-2018 {{!}} Convocation {{!}} University of Chicago|website=convocation.uchicago.edu|language=en|access-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107104058/https://convocation.uchicago.edu/page/2010|archive-date=7 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[University of Savoy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.univ-smb.fr/2018/07/26/remise-dun-doctorat-honoris-causa-a-fabiola-gianotti-directrice-generale-du-cern/ |title=Remise d'un doctorat honoris causa à Fabiola Gianotti, directrice générale du CERN - Université Savoie Mont Blanc - Formation - Recherche |publisher=Univ-smb.fr |access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref> and the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/InternationalBoard2018/phd-honorees|title=PH.D. HONOREES|website=weizmann.ac.il}}</ref>

* In December 2014, she was awarded the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] by the Italian president, [[Giorgio Napolitano]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biografieonline.it/biografia.htm?BioID=3670&biografia=Fabiola+Gianotti |title=Fabiola Gianotti |access-date=29 August 2015 |website=Biografieonline.it |publisher=Biografieonline |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829094235/http://biografieonline.it/biografia.htm?BioID=3670&biografia=Fabiola+Gianotti |archive-date=29 August 2015 }}</ref>
* In September 2013, she was awarded the [[Enrico Fermi Prize]] of the [[Italian Physical Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sif.it/attivita/premio_fermi |title=Premio "Enrico Fermi" |access-date=29 August 2015 |website=sif.it |publisher=Società Italiana di Fisica |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110160831/http://www.sif.it/attivita/premio_fermi |archive-date=10 November 2014 }}</ref>
* In November 2013, she was awarded the [[Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news13/fabiola-gianotti-awarded-the-niels-bohr-institute-medal-of-honour/ |title=Fabiola Gianotti awarded the Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour |date=1 November 2013 |access-date=31 August 2015 |website=Niels Bohr Institute |publisher=University of Copenhagen |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215032312/http://www.nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news13/fabiola-gianotti-awarded-the-niels-bohr-institute-medal-of-honour/ |archive-date=15 December 2014 }}</ref>
* In December 2012, she was awarded the [[Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics]] for her leadership role in the Higgs boson discovery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/1/L48 |title=Laureates: Fabiola Gianotti |access-date=29 August 2015 |website=breakthroughprize.org |publisher=Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725125250/https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/1/L48 |archive-date=25 July 2015 }}</ref>
* In December 2012, she was awarded the Gold Medal (known as "Ambrogino d'oro", named after the [[patron saint]] of Milan, [[Saint Ambrose]]) by the municipality of Milan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infn.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=363:l-ambrogino-d-oro-a-fabiola-gianotti&catid=36&Itemid=545&lang=it |title=L'ambrogino d'oro a Fabiola Gianotti |access-date=31 August 2015 |website=INFN |publisher=Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831121346/http://www.infn.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=363%3Al-ambrogino-d-oro-a-fabiola-gianotti&catid=36&Itemid=545&lang=it |archive-date=31 August 2015 }}</ref>
* In 2018, she was listed as one of the [[100 Women (BBC)|BBC's 100 Women.]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46225037|title=BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?|date=19 November 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=23 July 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* In February 2020, she was awarded the [[Bruno Pontecorvo Prize]] (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jinr.ru/posts/pontecorvo-prize-for-2019/|title=Pontecorvo Prize for 2019}}</ref>
* In September 2020, she was named an ordinary member of the [[Pontifical Academy of Sciences]] by [[Pope Francis]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 September 2020|title=Il Papa chiama Fabiola Gianotti alla Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze|url=https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2020/09/29/news/fabiola_gianotti-268878331/|access-date=29 September 2020|website=la Repubblica|language=it}}</ref>

=== Comic Sans controversy ===
When CERN announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, some controversy sprang from Gianotti's use of the [[Comic Sans]] typeface in the presentation of the results.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/may-2012/the-power-of-type-or-why-not-to-use-comic-sans-to-present-a-scientific-breakthrough/|title=The power of type (or why not to use Comic Sans to present a scientific breakthrough)|first=Emily|last=Gosling|date=5 July 2012}}</ref> Alby Reid, a physicist, started an online petition calling for Microsoft to change the name of the font to Comic Cerns.<ref name="huffingtonpost.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/06/change-name-of-comic-sans_n_1653774.html |title=Change Name Of Comic Sans To 'Comic Cerns' Say Physicists After Higgs Boson Discovery | HuffPost UK |publisher=Huffingtonpost.co.uk |date= 6 July 2012|access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref> [[Vincent Connare]], the font's creator, tweeted support for the petition.<ref name="huffingtonpost.co.uk"/> Gianotti had used Comic Sans in previous presentations, but the controversy was generated due to the importance of the material presented.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/07/comic-sans-at-cern.html |title=Higgs in Comic Sans: the right font for physics? |access-date=31 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118102947/https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/07/comic-sans-at-cern.html |archive-date=18 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Gianotti is a trained ballerina and plays the piano. She has never been married; in a profile on Gianotti in ''[[The New York Times]]'', the Dutch engineer Rende Steerenberg described her as someone who "has dedicated her life to physics... sure, she has made sacrifices."<ref name=PassionPiano/>

In a 2010 interview, Gianotti said that she saw no contradiction between science and faith, and that they belong to "two different spheres".<ref>{{cite web|title=La signora dell'universo|url=http://www.famigliacristiana.it/articolo/scienziata.aspx|publisher=[[Famiglia Cristiana]]|language=it|date=20 August 2010}}</ref> In an interview by ''[[la Repubblica]]'', she said that "science and religion are separate disciplines, though not antithetical. You can be a physicist and have faith or not. It is better for God and science to keep the right distance."<ref>{{cite web|title="Io, tra Dio e il Big Bang". Fabiola Gianotti, direttrice del Cern: la signora dell'Universo|url=http://www.repubblica.it/scienze/2014/12/28/news/io_tra_dio_e_il_big_bang_fabiola_giannotti_direttrice_del_cern_la_signora_dell_universo_di_dario_cresto-dina-103841329/|publisher=la Repubblica|language=it|date=28 December 2014}}</ref>

As of September 2020, she is a member of the Italian [[Aspen Institute]].<ref>[https://www.aspeninstitute.it/istituto/comunita-aspen/comitato-esecutivo executive Committee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009043826/https://www.aspeninstitute.it/istituto/comunita-aspen/comitato-esecutivo |date=9 October 2010 }}, aspeninstitute.it/</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Sabine Kraml]], Austrian particle physicist and CERN scientist

== References ==
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