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'''Rolf-Dieter Heuer''' ({{IPA|de|ʁɔlf ˈdiːtɐ ˈhɔʏɐ|lang}}; born 24 May 1948) is a German [[particle physics|particle physicist]]. From 2009 to 2015 he was [[List of Directors General of CERN|Director General]] of [[CERN]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Brumfiel |first=G. | year=2012 | title=366 days: ''Nature''{{'}}s 10 – Rolf-Dieter Heuer: The Higgs diplomat | work = Nature | volume=492 |issue=7429 |pages=335–343 | url = http://www.nature.com/news/366-days-nature-s-10-1.11997|bibcode=2012Natur.492..335. |doi=10.1038/492335a }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
| last1 = Heuer | first1 = R. -D.
| authorlink =Rolf-Dieter Heuer
| title = The future of the Large Hadron Collider and CERN
| doi = 10.1098/rsta.2011.0467
| journal = Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
| volume = 370
| issue = 1961
| pages = 986–994
| year = 2012
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}}</ref> and from 5 April 2016 to 9 April 2018 President of the German Physical Society ([[Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=CERN Director General to be President of the German Physical Society from 2016 to 2018|publisher=DPG press release from|date=2014-12-05|url=http://www.dpg-physik.de/presse/pressemit/2014/dpg-pm-2014-25.html?lang=en&}}</ref> Since 2015 he has been Chair of the [[European Commission]]'s [[Scientific Advice Mechanism|Group of Chief Scientific Advisors]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors|url=https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/strategy/support-policy-making/scientific-support-eu-policies/group-chief-scientific-advisors/members-group-chief-scientific-advisors_en|access-date=2020-08-22|website=European Commission – European Commission|language=en}}</ref> and since May 2017 he has been President of the [[Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East|SESAME]] Council.<ref name="SESAME">{{cite web | title=PRESIDENTS/VICE-PRESIDENTS OF COUNCIL – Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East | website=SESAME | url=https://www.sesame.org.jo/about-us/sesames-structure/sesame-council/presidentsvice-presidents | access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref>

==Biography==

Heuer studied physics at the [[University of Stuttgart]]. He then obtained his PhD 1977 at the [[University of Heidelberg]] under Joachim Heintze for his study of neutral decay modes of the [[J/ψ particle|Ψ(3686)]].

His post-doc studies include the [[JADE (particle detector)|JADE]] experiment at the electron-positron storage ring [[PETRA]] at [[DESY]], and from 1984, at the [[OPAL experiment]] at [[CERN]], where he also became spokesperson of the OPAL collaboration for many years.

Having been offered a full professorship for experimental physics at the [[University of Hamburg]], Heuer returned to DESY in 1998. In 2004, he was appointed DESY's Research Director.

In December 2007, the CERN research council announced that Heuer would become [[List of Directors General of CERN|CERN's Director General]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=Council appoints Rolf-Dieter Heuer as CERN's next director-general...and looks to the LHC start-up and beyond|journal=CERN Courier|date=January 2008|volume=48|issue=1|page=5|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/1734150}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sutton|first1=Christine|title=CERN sets course for new horizons|journal=CERN Courier|date=March 2009|volume=49|issue=2|pages=15–16|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/1734344?ln=en}}</ref> starting 1 January 2009, succeeding [[Robert Aymar]].

In 2011 Heuer gave a talk ''The High Energy Frontier Past, Present and Future'' at the international symposium on subnuclear physics held in Vatican City.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Sánchez Sorondo, Marcelo|editor-link=Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo|editor2=Zichichi, Antonino|editor-link2=Antonino Zichichi|chapter=''The High Energy Frontier Past, Present and Future'' by Rolf-Dieter Heuer|pages=152–163|title=Subnuclear Physics: Past, Present and Future; Proceedings of the International Symposium, held 30 October - 2 November 2011, held in Vatican City|series=Scripta Varia, volume 119|publisher=[[Pontifical Academy of Sciences]]|year=2014|chapter-url=https://www.pas.va/content/dam/casinapioiv/pas/pdf-volumi/scripta-varia/sv119/sv119-heuer.pdf}}</ref>

Since November 2015, Heuer has been a member of the [[Scientific Advice Mechanism|Group of Chief Scientific Advisors]] set up by the European Commission. In 2016 he became President of the [[Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft]], and in May 2017 the President of the [[Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East|SESAME]] Council.

In 2022, Heuer was appointed a member of the African Synchrotron Initiative Think Tank with a view to set up a Pan-African project for the [[African Light Source]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The African Synchrotron Initiative (ASI) Think Tank {{!}} The AAS |url=https://www.aasciences.africa/news/african-synchrotron-initiative-asi-think-tank |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.aasciences.africa |archive-date=2022-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029194119/https://www.aasciences.africa/news/african-synchrotron-initiative-asi-think-tank |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Awards==
*On 15 June 2011, Heuer was awarded an honorary degree by the [[University of Victoria]].
*On 19 July 2011, Heuer was awarded an honorary doctorate by the [[University of Liverpool]]. In his speech to the graduands he spoke of the need to bring science into mainstream culture.
*On 16 December 2011, Heuer was awarded an honorary degree by the [[University of Birmingham]].
*On 13 June 2012, Heuer was awarded an honorary degree by the [[University of Glasgow]].
*On 12 November 2012, he was awarded an [[Edison Volta Prize]].
*On 5 December 2013, he was awarded the [[UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal]].
*In May 2015, he was awarded a Grand Cross 1st class of the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|German Order of Merit]].<ref name="french_honour_PR">{{cite web | publisher=CERN | website=CERN People | title=Rolf Heuer awarded prestigious French honour | date=10 April 2024 | url=http://home.cern/cern-people/updates/2016/12/rolf-heuer-awarded-prestigious-french-honour}}</ref>
*In September 2015, Heuer was awarded an honorary doctorate by the [[University of Belgrade]].
*On 22 November 2016, Heuer was appointed a Knight of the [[Legion of Honour]].<ref name="french_honour_PR"/>

== References ==
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==Further reading==
* "[http://www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=1015461 Professor Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer Appointed as New Research Director]", DESY Press Release, Hamburg, 4 October 2004
* "[https://archive.today/20080228211809/http://zms.desy.de/press/pressreleases/2007/pr_141207/index_eng.html Rolf-Dieter Heuer to be New CERN Director General]", DESY Press Releases, Hamburg, 14 December 2007
* "[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001906/190645e.pdf UNESCO and CERN: like hooked atoms; Jasmina Sopova meets Rolf-Dieter Heuer]", in "Chemistry and life", ''The UNESCO Courier'', January–March, 2011, pp. 48–50.

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